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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.
Kerry Doing Right With 2015 Climate Treaty Push (But In 2014, Watch Out)
The good news: The Secretary of State is eyeing a global climate treaty next year. The bad news: combined with the EPA's push to cap carbon, it may hurt this year.
A Moral And Economic Imperative To Extend Unemployment Benefits
Federal unemployment assistance for 1.3 million people who have been unemployed longer than 26 weeks expired last Saturday, after Republicans blocked efforts to extend them. 3.6 million more people will lose these benefits over this year.
Progressive Breakfast
Minimum Wage Push Could Tip 2014 Dems pushing ballot initiatives to raise wages in battleground states. W. Post's Harold Meyerson: "...Democrats are working to put wage-increase initiatives before voters in states that will have contested House and Senate races in...
Jobs or Inequality? That's No Choice At All
An increasing number of people, including the President and New York’s new mayor, have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time. Some folks are having none of it. Who's right? There's no choice.
Corporations Control Our Lives...
Business should be here to serve American needs, not control us and commercialize everything that we do. We must shift the power back to actual people. Only then can we stop the cycle of putting profit before people.
Obamacare Is Up And Running. But That's Not The End Of The Story.
It's going to take years to build up a real, universal system and much of that is going to come from work in the 50 states. It means we will be living with an unequal system for many years, but that's an old story in America, isn't it?
The Populist Mayor of New York City Takes the Stage
Newly elected populist Mayor Bill de Blasio took the stage in New York at his inaugural on January 1. He didn't trim his sails, announcing his intention to make redressing the "inequality crisis" his central mission. A new era begins.
Progressive Breakfast
Monday Vote Possible On Jobless Aid Senate may vote on extending unemployment insurance Monday. The Hill: "Gene Sperling, the director of the National Economic Council, said the administration is behind Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) vow to bring up a cloture...
