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April Jobs Report: Bitter Sweet
The economy added an estimated 288,000 jobs last month, with the unemployment rate plummeting. But the good news is bitter sweet. The discouraged outnumber the newly employed. We're still not growing fast enough.
Bundy’s Friends Have Become the Kochs’ "Useful Idiots"
The only people who benefit from the fight against “big government” are the billionaires and the oligarchs who are already destroying our country. To put it bluntly, the militias are the useful idiots of the one percent.
Balancing Trade - Remember The "Buffett Plan"
The enormous, humongous trade deficit is doing incredible damage to our economy. Our country’s elites used to care about that.
The Pursuit Of The Magic Education Metric
Education is a public investment that needs to be held accountable in a transparent manner. No one is against that. But that doesn’t excuse the application of measures that are proving to be questionable if not downright erroneous...
Blocked Wage Increase Another Sign Of Right's Economic Sabotage
What would otherwise be a virtuous economic cycle has been broken by wrong-headed economic austerity. The filibuster of a minimum wage bill Wednesday in the Senate is the latest example.
Obama Says Critics Suffer "Lack Of Knowledge" Of Secret TPP Treaty
It is not entirely fair for President Obama to dismiss critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for having a "lack of knowledge" of what is being negotiated, as he did at a recent news conference.
Can Conservatives Stop Defending Slavery?
Cliven Bundy isn't the first conservative to defend slavery, but he may be one of the first condemned by fellow conservatives for doing so. Does this mean conservatives are ready to stop defending slavery?
Warning: Millennials Won't Vote In November Without A Jobs Plan
A successful strategy to reinvigorate this crucial base must include policies that curb the cost of higher education, create a jobs program and dedicate more funding to programs that serve America’s youth.
Today's Senate Minimum Wage Vote Is A Moral Litmus Test
Religious leaders "driven by Scripture’s repeated admonitions against exploiting and oppressing workers" remind us that the Senate vote on the minimum wage is not just a key vote politically.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP to Filibuster Minimum Wage Hike Republicans set to filibuster minimum wage today. AP: "Democrats ... plan to use the vote to buttress their campaign theme that the GOP is unwilling to protect financially struggling families ... Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of...
