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The Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Vote: Use The 'F' Word
Obscuring the number of filibusters that have occurred enables a strategy of economic sabotage. If the public was told about the obstruction that is occurring democracy might have a chance to work its magic.
Now We Know. JPMorgan Chase is Worse Than Enron.
JPMorgan Chase is the Zelig of Wall Street crime. Take a snapshot of any major bank fraud and chances are you’ll see it staring out at you. How does the nation's largest bank get away with being worse than Enron? By being the largest bank.
Could 2014 Be Year One of the Pay Ratio Era?
In the year ahead, nurses in Massachusetts and campus activists in Maryland just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic — and growing — income inequality.
Do Fast Track And TPP Have Momentum?
There is no momentum for these "trade" agreements that favor corporate rights. They are engineered to pit American workers and our democracy against low-wage workers in non-democracies.
It's Time For Republicans To Do Some Real Work.
Congress is back, but that doesn't mean Republicans are ready to get to work. Senate Democrats have scheduled a test vote to restore unemployment insurance, but Republicans won't approve an extension without something in return.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits
If Congress doesn't act now, 3.6 million more people will lose what little income they have. Today the Senate is expected to vote on extending unemployment benefits. With your encouragement, it can pass.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Vote Today on Unemployment Insurance Not enough GOP support yet for jobless aid to clear Senate tonight, reports W. Post: "With [GOP Sen. Dean] Heller and 55 members of the Senate Democratic caucus, supporters still need at least four votes ... Spokespeople for...
If You Care About Inequality, Fight for Full Employment
Democrats now sound like populists. President Obama calls economic inequality our "defining challenge." De Blasio won in New York City on a populist program. But a warning: Without a jobs message, conservative populism can win.
Millennials and Boomers Are On the Same Side of the Retirement Fight
A recent piece on the retirement crisis faced by Millenials never blames older people for their woes. That's a refreshing change from usual narratives, which is good, because the generations have a common struggle.
The Reemergence Of The Democratic Left (Started Some Time Ago)
E.J. Dionne makes an interesting argument today designed specifically for the Village. I don't know how it's going to go over. But it's good to see him making the argument, because it sounds like what I've been writing for about ten years.
