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How Wall Street Won the War (And What Happens Next)
Politico reported recently that "Washington went to war against big Wall Street banks" and "Washington won in a blowout." If the banks are losing a war, every conqueror since Genghis Khan would be glad to do the same.
The Moral March Against The Forces Of Extremism and Regression
Rev. William Barber II is calling for a mass moral march on Raleigh, N.C., on February 8 to send a signal throughout this state and this country that we are not going backwards.
Dr. King's Nightmare
The grim reality facing black America today: The net worth of just 400 billionaires, a group that could fit into a high school gym, is on par with the collective wealth of our more than 14 million African- American households.
Utah Is Ending Homelessness By Giving People Homes
Bucking the conservative tendency to blame and punish the poor, and the trend towards criminalizing homelessness, Utah has come up with simple, cost-effective solution for homelessness.
Campbell Brown's Ridiculous Attack On Teacher Unions
ANY objection to a bill that supposedly is about stopping sexual predators is described as an effort to help sexual predators. This is one of the oldest propaganda techniques in the book.
Tuition-Free Public College Education Is Possible. Demand It.
What if instead of giving a block of federal money to some students, the entire tuition of any student who wanted to go to a public college was paid for? A trending petition makes the money-saving case.
Where “Regulation” Is a Dirty Word, Shady Businesses Flourish
As new details emerge, it’s becoming clear that West Virginia's chemical spill is also a tale of how shady businesses can prosper in an environment where regulatory capture by an industry is so deeply entrenched.
President Obama, Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contract Workers
After years of “privatization” and outsourcing, the government now contracts out a lot of work to companies that pay really, really low wages for jobs that when they were “government jobs” used to provide good pay and benefits.
Why Are Ireland And The Rest of Europe Still Worse Off Than The U.S.?
In 2010, the Heritage Foundation ranked Ireland in the top 10 of its "Economic Independence Index." Four years later, conservative austerity policies have wrecked Ireland's economy and other European economies.
Progressive Breakfast
Debt Limit Weeks Away After spending bill clears Congress, another debt limit confrontation looms. Bloomberg: "Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said yesterday that Congress should act as soon as possible to raise the borrowing cap at least by late February ... Democrats...
