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Economic Populism Or What? The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky explains what President Obama can learn from Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "Is 2014 going to be the year that Barack Obama tacks—and stays—left? He’s given big economic populism speeches before, but he has tended...
2014 Will Be The Year of "Economic Populism" – and Then?
It’s becoming increasingly clear that, at least politically, 2014 will be “The Year of Economic Populism.” Now the question is, who gets to decide what that really means?
America’s Greediest: The 2013 Top Ten
Butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers. You won't find any of them in this latest annual list of America's most relentlessly avaricious. You will find wheelers and dealers and even a candy store heiress.
Those Stock Buybacks Are Costing Us Jobs
If you haven't been able to get a raise in your low-wage job, or if you've had a hard time getting a job at all, those stock buybacks could be a major reason why.
Our Basic Human Rights Are Being Violated...
Sixty-five years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed. Today, wealth inequality and inhumane austerity measures have benefited the wealthy, while denying most of us an equal chance at a life of dignity.
Gunpowder and Blood on Their Cold, Dead Hands
This grim anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., killings reminded us of 2000 when Charlton Heston made his defiant boast at the NRA convention that gun control advocates would have to pry his rifle from his “cold, dead hands.”
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Deal Faces Senate Test It's crunch time for the Senate this week. MSNBC's Meredith Clark: "The Senate is tasked with confirming several presidential nominees, including new heads of the Federal Reserve and the Department of Homeland Security. It is also...
The Revival of Tax-and-Spend Democrats?
The economy is lousy. The budget deal won't help. What will get this economy moving? "Tax-and-spend Democrats" willing to invest in vital areas and pay for it with taxes on the rich and the big corporations.
No, Megyn Kelly, Jesus Was Not "White"
Fox News host "Megyn" Kelly is determined to have a "White Christmas." No, Megyn, Jesus was not “white.” In fact, he wasn’t anything that you would recognize as white. We’ve got forensics that come as close as we'll ever get to proving it.
6 Reasons There's No Such Thing As Compassionate Conservatism
Here are six examples that show how the new Ryan/Republican compassionate conservatism campaign is really nothing more than freshly applied, prime-smelling bullpucky.
