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Begich Bucks Austerity To Win In 2014 Red state Dem bets on expanding Social Security. W. Post's Greg Sargent: "'When you tell seniors, "We want to make sure your dollars rise as your costs do," there is automatic excitement because they recognize we understand what...
Directly Destroying Democracy
The rich can buy more of everything. More food. More cars. More houses. More vacations. More boats. But for a democracy to function properly, they should be forbidden from buying more votes.
The Cost of Empire, in Ukraine and At Home
At a time when so many Americans are struggling economically, our nation continues to pay a steep price for its global empire – and in more ways than one. Case in point: The delay in a vote on renewing emergency jobless benefits.
Millennials Didn’t Abandon Our Institutions, Institutions Failed Them
A study finds that the millennial generation is increasingly alienated from the major institutions of American society. Many see little difference between the two major political parties.
$1 Billion In Tax Dollars To Miseducate Our Children
The right-wing push for private school vouchers is leading to taxpayer subsidies of education that can be more damaging to children and our society than any shortcomings of public schools. We need a movement to stop it.
More Progress, and Peril, on the Home Opportunity Front
Earlier this month, a Senate committee released a discussion draft of legislation to overhaul the nation’s housing finance system. It’s a good time to take a closer look at America’s longer-term progress on home opportunity.
Our Last Flesh-and-Blood Link to Plutocracy 1.0
The recently departed heiress Bunny Mellon – “the last standing true American aristocrat” – didn't promise us a rose garden. She gave us one. We would have been much better off with more equality instead.
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Boehner Roadblock To Aid For Long-Term Unemployed Senate poised to pass aid to long-term unemployed, but Boehner dismisses. UPI: "'It is extremely disappointing that, no matter what solution is reached, there is some excuse to deny these much-needed benefits,' [GOP]...
Here's How You Can Make The House Help The Long-Term Unemployed
High up on the Senate agenda is the bipartisan deal to restart unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed, which had expired in January. But it's nowhere to be found on the House agenda. It's up to us to put it there.
Rebuild Our Economy By Reducing Our Trade Deficit
President Obama said he would create one million new manufacturing jobs. The President has not met his goal, but we can still reduce unemployment, create new good manufacturing jobs, and reduce our trade deficit all at the same time.
