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Why Won't Congress Even Consider Progress?
President Obama sent Congress a $3.9 trillion dollar budget. Although his 2015 plan has been deemed more politics than policy, it's a blueprint of how to start repairing our economy.
Were 250 UPS Drivers Fired For Supporting Union?
On Feb. 26, UPS fired a Maspeth, N.Y. UPS worker known for being a union activist. Some 250 other UPS drivers walked off the job in protest, and it appears that UPS has fired them, too, in response.
Tackling Student Debt and the Privatization of Education
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has kicked off a new campaign called “Higher Ed, Not Debt” to tackle the nation’s staggering burden of student loan debt. It's part of a larger battle over education in America from pre-kindergarten up.
Can a Great City Overdose on Billionaires?
The chase after the super rich is leaving the world’s choicest cities nastier places to live for anyone without a grand fortune. Any city “in thrall to money and greed,” one newspaper warns, is inviting “nightmarish consequences."
Dear Abby: An Open Letter to MSNBC's Huntsman About Social Security
MSNBC's Abby Huntsman expressed some strong opinions about Social Security. She also made some inaccurate and misleading statements. We have written this open letter to ask for a correction.
Progressive Breakfast
Fed To Pull Back This Week Fed expected to reduce monetary stimulus this week. NYT: "The Federal Reserve’s policy-making committee, which meets Tuesday and Wednesday, is widely expected to cut the Fed’s monthly purchases of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities by...
The New Populist Movement: Organizing to Take Back America
A new progressive populist movement is rising up in the United States. Inspired by an expansive vision of greater economic opportunity for all Americans, this new movement is also fueled by anger over politicians’ broken promises.
Wingnut Week In Review: Living for the "Inner City"
This week Rep. Paul Ryan took the cake. After debuting his embarrassing copy-and-paste job on the war on poverty last week, Ryan outdid himself with a clumsy bit of dog whistle politics blaming black “inner city culture” for poverty.
Why The Blackout On The Progressive "Better Off Budget"?
You would think a budget from the largest group of Democrats in the House, that lines up with the American people’s wishes and solves the country’s budget problems, would get some news media coverage.
Paul Ryan Gets it Twisted on Poverty And Black Men
Rep. Paul Ryan has become the latest right-winger to blame black poverty on "culture" and character. Just as he got it backwards on families and poverty, Paul Ryan gets it twisted on poverty and black black men.
