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Cynicism is Corporate America’s Greatest Weapon. Disarm It.
From the Triangle Shirtwaist demonstrations to the Bonus Marchers, from Stonewall to Occupy, citizen-activists have changed the course of history. The biggest obstacle to doing it again is our own cynicism.
Budget Bedlam to Budget Fiasco
House and Senate Republicans are now threatening to use the debt ceiling increase that will be needed by the middle of November rather than the continuing resolution that will be needed by October 1 to make yet another stand on Obamacare.
Obamacare Choice: Navigation or Conflagration
FreedomWorks is urging low-wage young people to rise up and forego all the advantages of government-subsidized health insurance in order to defend their freedom to be uninsured.
Every New Job Helps Our Economy
Let’s put people to work fixing our roads and bridges, and teaching our children. Here's one way to show how a job-creation program starts a virtuous cycle that benefits everyone.
Progressive Breakfast
Jobs Crisis: 'Ongoing Train Wreck' State Jobs Numbers Show Sluggish Growth (EPI): "July 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics state employment data ... echoes the national employment data for July, with continued but very slow employment growth and an economic recovery so...
What’s Driving America’s Flagging Vital Signs?
Let’s talk life expectancy. The stats first. They tell a shocking story: Americans now live shorter lives than men and women in most of the rest of the developed world. And that gap is growing.
Buying Congress People Isn't Paying Off For Big Business.
It turns out that Republican obstructionism is quite costly for big business. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce isn't getting much return for the $69.5 million dollars they invested in Republican candidates in the last two elections.
Defining Terrorism Down
Apparently, in the eyes of the UK government, anyone living with a journalist whose stories reveal embarrassing information about the government are subject to interrogation and the seizure of their electronic equipment under terrorism laws.
Progressive Breakfast
Detroit Has Just Begun To Fight Braced to Remake Itself, Detroit First Awaits Challenges to Bankruptcy Eligibility [NY Times]: "Before Detroit can start remaking itself in bankruptcy court, there is a basic question that stands in its way: Does it even qualify? That...
Dream Defenders: Leaving The Capitol, Not The Fight
The Dream Defenders have ended their 31-day occupation of the Florida state capitol. But don't think for a minute that they are going away. They leave vowing to fight "as long as it takes."
