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The True Experts on Poverty
Congressman Paul Ryan recently said that Republicans “don’t have a full-fledged” plan to fight poverty “because we need to do more listening to people who are in the trenches fighting poverty.”
Progressive Breakfast
Staff Shift May Lead To Shutdown Departure of top McConnell negotiator seen as increasing chances of shutdown. W. Post: "[Rohit Kumar] has been at McConnell’s side through every major fiscal deal since President Obama took office ... One administration official, who...
The Fast-Food Strikers Are Fighting For All of Us
Fast food workers have been conducting one-day strikes for better wages and working conditions in several American cities. They’ve also been doing much more than that: They’re shown the entire country real leadership.
Glass-Steagall Now: Because the Banks Own Washington
A bipartisan group of senators recently put forward a proposal for legislation to restore a separation between commercial banks and speculative trading. Such legislation is badly needed.
Do You Have Job Fear? That's Why We Need Full Employment.
Giving unemployment benefits to unemployed people keeps them from going to your boss and offering to do your job for half what you are paid. . Employers want a "seller's market."
We Are Going To Live Forever
"People are living longer so we have to increase the Social Security age." You hear that a lot. Here is why this is wrong. People are still living to 80, but "life expectancy" has increased by 50%. In other words, people are not living to 120.
How Food Stamps Can Help Fight Childhood Obesity
A new story shows declining rates of childhood obesity among children in low-income families. Republican cuts to food stamps could spell the end of that trend, and the health benefits for children.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Slams Sequestration Obama takes on sequestration at Camp Pendleton. NYT: "President Obama stood at this desert base on Wednesday before nearly 3,000 Marines, sailors and their families — and a captive audience of two Republican adversaries from Congress — and...
Why Do Republicans Say "Government Is The Problem"?
Republicans are going to spend August "blaming President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats for Americans' unhappiness with government." That's right, they're going to blame government, not themselves.
Why Are Seniors Changing? (Take A Look At Who They Are...)
According to a Carville-Greenberg polling memo, seniors are changing their minds about policy and the GOP. The question is, why? Everyone knows that seniors are a bunch of right wingers who hate progress, right?
