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Administrators Tell College Athletes: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Big league universities want the athletes they recruit to see them as substitute moms and dads. It’s all very appealing – until an athlete is seriously injured in practice or a game.
Ted Kaufman is Angry About Wall Street Injustice. Are You?
Former Sen. Ted Kaufman, one of the great heroes in the fight for financial reform, doesn’t pull any punches in reacting to a report highlighting a lack of zeal in prosecuting Wall Street foreclosure fraud.
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Pledge To Keep Up Minimum Wage Fight After GOP filibuster, Dems says minimum wage battle is not over. The Hill: "In a 54-42 tally, Democrats fell well short of the 60 votes necessary to end debate. Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.) was the only Republican senator to vote...
Progressive Breakfast
Final Obamacare Signup Surge Obamacare exchange signups may hit 7M. AP: "... President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance on deadline day Monday, government officials told The Associated Press...
Democrats' Populist Agenda Will Win Because It Is What The Public Wants
If Democrats draw a clear contrast with Republicans on these key issues and do what they need to do to bypass the corporate media gatekeepers and reach the public, they will win.
"Universal" Is Not An American Value. Never Has Been.
We are generally quite content to live in a country with vast disparities in rights, health, wealth and security out of some outdated fealty to "states' rights." And that lies at the root of so many of our problems.
The "Billionaire's Primary": Meet America's New Political Bosses
The Republican 2016 presidential primary season opened with the "Sheldon Adelson Primary." A billionaire political boss doesn't wait for the official GOP primary season to start. He holds his own primary.
Progressive Breakfast
Enrollment Spike Before Obamacare Deadline Today Exchange signups may hit 7M. Bloomberg: "The government last week said 6 million Americans had enrolled by March 27 and about 1 million people a day were visiting healthcare.gov. The sign-ups met a mark set by the...
A Fair Shot: The Democrats' Populist Message
As Senate Democrats rolled out their "Fair Shot for Everyone" agenda, Republicans were arguing that Obama's populist message had failed with swing voters. But populism hasn't failed; it just hasn't been tried yet.
Republicans Want To Enable Firms To Delay Union Elections
Corporations are legally required to allow timely union elections. So Republicans are trying to pass legislation to drag the process out and give time for companies to put pressure on workers.
