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Grading Colleges on Access to the American Dream
To expand access to the American Dream, President Obama announced last week that he intends to grade colleges, just as colleges grade students. And he wants to encourage states to resume proper funding for public institutions.
Debt Limit Showdown Rapidly Approaching Debt limit expected to be reached earlier than expected, in mid-October. Roll Call: "The upcoming spending debates on Capitol Hill will almost converge, setting up a tough slog in September and October ... [Treasury Secretary...
A Dream Deferred: Minimum Wage Higher in '63 Than Today.
In 1963 the March on Washington called for an increase in the minimum wage. But it was higher then than it is today, though productivity has risen. Our nation's wealth has gone to the top 1 percent. That's not freedom.
We Are All Connected
If your core cause is the environment, LGBT, health care, social justice, civil rights, labor, economic equality, YOU NAME IT you are seen by the giant corporations as an enemy. But for too long all of these groups have been divided.
Strike in Colombia Highlights Free Trade Failure
These trade agreements make the really rich really richer. They outsource jobs to places where people can't object to the low pay and working conditions. This undercuts wages here. The end result is a race to the bottom.
Meditations on The Village
This excerpt comes from a piece by Michael Winship on how much Washington has changed since the Nixon years. The social and cultural changes are quite striking. But this says it all.
Congress Wants Hurricanes To Happen
The headline on this post is inflammatory and intended to attract eyeballs, visitors and clicks but it's also totally accurate. I'm posting it because of an absolutely correct and incredibly naive New York Times editorial on disaster relief.
Progressive Breakfast
March of Washington Anniversary Re-Energizes Progressive Agenda 50 years later, blacks lag behind whites "by almost every measure" reports Bloomberg: "Since the June 2009 end of the recession, median income for black households has dropped 10.9 percent, compared with...
Fifty Years Later: Delivering On The Dream
This week thousands gathered to remember the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," and recommit to Dr. King's unfinished dream. But the challenge of delivering on the dream remains.
Racketeering Then and Racketeering Now
Back in Al Capone’s day, Prohibition helped give rise to a rash of epic crime-boss fortunes. On Wall Street today, deregulation has spawned an entire new generation of fabulously rich racketeers.
