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At the Top, a Recovery Now Finally Complete
The exceedingly comfortable who sit in America's richest 1 percent have nearly fully regained the outsized share of the nation's income they held just before the economy cratered five years ago.
Government Hands $1 Trillion+ To Wealthy While Deficit Is $642 Billion
While our government is laying off hundreds upon hundreds of thousands and cutting services in the name of cutting deficits, a new report exposes that taxpayers are handing more than $1 trillion a year to the wealthiest.
This Year's Budget Fight Isn't About The Budget
There are many reasons why the next budget fight will be more difficult than any of the close-to-debacles that have occurred in recent years. This year the biggest complication is that the budget fight isn't about the budget. It's about Obamacare.
Summers' Withdrawal from Fed Candidacy a Progressive Victory
When Washington went to the beach, progressives opposed to the Summers nomination organized. What is clear now is that the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is willing and able to challenge its Wall Street wing.
Progressive Breakfast
Summers Is Over Summers withdraws. Momentum for Yellen. AP: "David Jones, chief economist at DMJ Advisors and the author of several books on the Fed, said he saw Yellen's selection as a virtual certainty ... Yellen has long been considered a top candidate for the...
Common Sense for the Manufactured Budget Crisis
Republicans are gearing up once more to hold the nation hostage over the budget. As the melodrama and posturing rev up, here is a common-sense field guide for the self-inflicted crisis.
Tea Party vs The Kochs?
Of course the Tea Partiers are a blight on American politics. But the Big Money influence of people like the Kochs and the Adelsons is truly antithetical to American democracy and it's at the root of our biggest problems.
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Ponder Response To GOP Budget "Crack Up" "The House GOP Is About to Crack Up" says TNR's Jonathan Cohn: "Conservatives seem determined to provoke a crisis, whether it's over funding the government past September 30 or increasing the Treasury's borrowing limit. If...
Will The GOP Fade To White?
Can the GOP craft an economic message that keeps white working class voters in the fold, and attracts voters of color? It can be done. But can Republicans do it? The future of Republican party may depend upon it.
A Must-See Movie, "Inequality for All" with Robert Reich, Opens Sept. 27
"Inequality for All" dramatizes the growing income gap in the United States and the implications for the health of the American economy. You should see this film – and you should get others to see it.
