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The Old Extreme GOP vs. the New Extreme GOP: Whoever Wins, We Lose.
The new GOP right is a tangled nest of snakes, but remember: The fact that their enemies are extreme doesn’t mean that John Boehner and Eric Cantor aren’t. Whichever side wins, we lose.
Conservative States Starve Public Schools, Feed Rich With Tax Cuts
A study reveals that most of the states that have made the deepest cuts in public education are those with Republican-dominated legislatures, many of which at the same time awarded tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations.
AFL-CIO To Fight "Trade" Deals Like TPP
What would you expect if the giant corporations negotiated a treaty among themselves, without labor, environmental, consumer and other groups that represent the interests of anything besides corporate profit?
Boehner Says He's Out Of Ideas To Prevent a Shutdown. Here's One.
Boehner pleads with a reporter for an idea to resolve the budget impasse that the Tea Party won't "shoot down." The answer is simple. Go around them. Work with the Democrats.
The Rich Just Keep Getting Richer...
It's no longer just an expression – the rich are getting richer, and the rest of us are being shut out of the game. A new report says that the top 10% took home more than half of all the income in 2012. More than 20% went to the top 1%.
Moving In With Family Becomes A Safety Net In The New Economy
Family has become a new national safety net for graduates facing declining job prospects and rising student loan debt, families facing unemployment, and older adults whose forced them to move in with their grown children.
Why D.C. Mayor's Veto Of Walmart Wage Bill Is A National Outrage
The veto is the latest in a nationwide battle to end the practices of companies such as Walmart that build their businesses on the backs of workers receiving poverty wages and on the backs of taxpayers who subsidize their businesses.
Progressive Breakfast
Shutdown Fears Reignite As House Dysfunction Reigns House GOP, facing mutiny, pulls bill to keep government open and maintain sequester. NYT: "Democrats are uniting in opposition to the bill, not only because of the resolution to starve the Affordable Care Act, but...
Recovery for the Rich, Recession for the Rest
Five years after the financial crisis, it’s become increasingly apparent that the government didn’t rescue “the economy.” It rescued the wealthy, while doing far too little for everyone else.
How Progressives Prepare For The Economic Debates Ahead
As Congress prepares to turn to a high-stakes budget battle, author David Cay Johnston and Progressive Caucus co-chairman Rep. Keith Ellison advise progressives on what it will take to win.
