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Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their 'Magic' Into Question
During a week of carefully orchestrated marketing for charter schools, new reports show that ‘what is possible’ from charter schools includes a lot of bad education, hype, wasted resources, and corruption.
Why The Lawlessness At Bundy's Ranch Must Not Stand
Right-wing lawlessness continues at Cliven Bundy's ranch, where supporters who were itching to shoot police officers and federal agents, nearly shot each other. Now citizens want the "militia" out. Can this thing end without bloodshed?
The Odds For Immigration Reform Just Went Up After Big N. Carolina Win
Two months ago, Republican congresswoman Renee Ellmers went on Laura Ingraham's national right-wing radio show and called her "small-minded" and "ignorant" on immigration. Yesterday, she beat her anti-immigration primary rival by 18 points.
The 6 Principles of the New Populism (and the Establishment’s Nightmare)
Republican populism is growing, as is the Democratic version, because the public wants it. And it’s not only the rhetoric that’s converging. Populists on the right and left are also coming together around six principles.
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Keep Focus On Jobless Dems ramp up pressure on GOP over unemployment insurance. Roll Call: "Democrats brought seven unemployed people to the Capitol steps Tuesday to tell their stories in a deeply emotional — and deeply political — news conference designed to...
Who’s Fighting for Public Workers?
Somehow the right has managed to stigmatize public-sector jobs so effectively that only politicians of rare and admirable courage are willing to defend them. Those politicians seems to be in short supply.
House Republicans Cue Up Another Tax Giveaway. Just Say No.
The House is about to get it all wrong in today's vote for a research and experimentation tax credit bill. Here's why the Campaign for America's Future has joined Americans for Tax Fairness in calling for a "no" vote.
Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Went Down In March, But Still...
Imagine the effect on our economy if companies doing and making things inside of the U.S. suddenly received orders for $40 billion of goods and services. And then another $40 billion every month.
New Warren Bill Addresses Student Debt "Emergency"
Student loan debt is now approaching $2 trillion – talk about a bubble waiting to burst. "It doesn't have to be this way," Sen. Elizabeth Warren says as she introduces the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act.
10 New Charts That Will Make You Want To Stop Global Warming
Today's National Climate Assessment report drives home the myriad of ways we all would be impacted if we refuse to protect climate. Here are just some of the charts that will prompt you to act.
