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Get Ready for the 2014 Trade Tsunami
Hard work, smart planning and perseverance made 2013 a year of inspiring fair-trade activism. This sets the stage for the most important fights on globalization and “trade” in decades, beginning in a few short weeks.
Progressive Breakfast
Healthcare Hardship Exemption Expanded HHS expands Obamacare hardship exemption. AP: "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a letter to a group of senators that she will use authorities in the law to issue a 'hardship exemption' from tax...
Who Will Fight To Help The Unemployed?
In a few days long-term unemployment benefits will run out, in spite of the "budget deal." After this assistance runs out, only one-in-four unemployed people will be getting unemployment benefits.
How the Harshest Immigration Law in the US Ended in Disaster
MSNBC reporter Benjy Sarlin traveled down to Alabama to see the impact of the most punitive law against unauthorized immigrants in the US firsthand.
"Dropping Out Of The Labor Force" Doesn't Mean People Are Dropping Dead
Forcing people off of unemployment insurance does not result in these people becoming employed, as all the Republicans insist will happen. Instead, they simply fall off the grid and have no discernible income at all.
ALEC Needs To Let The Sun Shine In
Why would the ALEC network of right-wing state lobbyists want to kill off incentives for using solar energy? Could it be the heavy investment in fossil fuels by one of ALEC's chief funders, the Koch brothers?
The Other Side Of Health Care Scare Stories
You've probably heard the right's messaging that people have "lost" their health insurance because of Obamacare. But you haven't been hearing about the millions upon millions upon millions of people who have been helped.
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Deal Passes Senate passes Murray-Ryan budget deal. [Salon] "Congress has sent President Barack Obama bipartisan legislation scaling back across-the-board spending cuts on programs ranging from the Pentagon to the national park system. The final vote on the...
6 Ways Sen. Warren’s ‘No Credit Checks for Hiring’ Bill Helps All of Us
The Equal Employment for All Act is an admirable and important bill which deserves our support. It also gives us an opportunity to have a broader discussion about the kind of society we hope to become.
A 'Duh' Moment: Economists Wake Up To Income Inequality's Damage
In an Associated Press survey published today, a group of three dozen economists for the most part agree that the "growing gap between the richest Americans and everyone else ... [is] hurting the U.S. economy."
