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The GOP Won’t Pass Immigration Reform – and It Could Prove Disastrous
Dog whistle politics have served Republicans well. But with shifting demographics, they may become an albatross around the party’s neck. No issue reflects that dynamic as clearly as immigration reform.
Organizations Join In Call For Public Consultations In Trade Deals
More than 40 organizations today called on the U.S. Trade Representative to let the public have a say in what rights foreign-based business interests have in our legal system.
The Very Serious Paul Ryan Kicks The 47 Percent For Fun & Profit
It's election time, when the Republicans decide it's time to troll for votes among their lovely base by kicking the poor. Thus, Rep. Paul Ryan's back with a budget that re-brands the GOP's "War On the Poor" as "Poverty Reform."
A Tax Turnabout in the Ranks of the Right
A prominent conservative in Congress has released a tax reform package that actually will not leave the rich significantly richer. Should progressives be grateful for small blessings — or suspicious? Or both?
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Wages Wage Battle... Obama to stump for $10.10 minimum Wednesday. The Hill: "President Obama will appear with four Democratic governors from New England on Wednesday in Connecticut ... Three of the governors, Dannel Malloy (Conn.), Peter Shumlin (Vt.) and...
Next GOP Job-Killing Budget Is A Chance To Offer A Real Jobs Agenda
House Speaker John Boehner has announced that Republicans plan to offer another budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chair, for fiscal 2015. Progressives should relish what's to come.
Wingnut Week in Review: The Rise And Fall of Gay Jim Crow
When the week began, Arizona governor Jan Brewer thought she had all the time in the world to decide whether or not to veto Arizona’s “Gay Jim Crow” bill. By the middle of the week, Brewer learned differently. Conservatives lost it.
Colonized Minds: Anti-Gay Laws in Arizona, Kansas, Uganda And Beyond
Arizona and Uganda are nine thousand miles apart, but they were side by side in the news this week, due to extremist anti-gay laws that spring from and are supported by the religious right.
Tell House Members to Put The Minimum Wage To A Vote
It's time to tell Boehner to, as he likes to say, let the House work its will. Use our click-to-call tool to ask your member of Congress to sign the discharge petition to put an increase in the minimum wage on the House floor.
Progressive Breakfast
Minimum Wage Debate Heats Up New York Times editorial says business will benefit from a $10.10 minimum wage. "Scholarly studies and the experience of businesses themselves show that what companies lose when they pay more is often offset by lower turnover and increased...
