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Bennett-gate And The Politics Of Grading Schools
Last week's midair disintegration of a high-flying apparatchik in the movement known as education "reform" is still making headlines in local press and the national media. Tony Bennett was a hero of the national movement bent on reshaping public education along the...
Which Jeff Bezos is Buying the Washington Post?
Now this is interesting. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, bought the Washington Post for $250 million after the newspaper went up for sale in what was described as a "highly secret" process.
Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Shrank In June
The enormous, humongous, vast, staggering, unbelievable, job-sucking, economy-sucking US trade deficit shrank to "only" $34.2 billion from a revised $44.1 billion in May. Exports of US goods and petroleum were up, imports of petroleum and consumer goods were down....
GOP Plan to Beat Itself Up
Saturday began Congress’ traditional five-week, late-summer sojourn during which members engage in the customary sipping of mint juleps, kissing of fat cat donors and, oh yeah, jawing with select constituents. Since this Congress is on track to be the least productive...
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Backs Privatizing Mortgage Guarantees President Obama sides with ending Fannie Mae (AP): "President Barack Obama, seeking to buffer taxpayers from future housing market downturns, will urge Congress this week to back bipartisan efforts to shutter Fannie Mae and...
Detroit Is the Front Line
The campaign against Detroit is the latest battle in a long war against the American social contract. For that war to succeed, millions of Americans must be convinced to see their fellow citizens – working people, retired people, students, the poor.
The Lobbyists Have Mounted Up
Why is health care in the US so expensive? Well, while many parts of the medical industry along with the government are trying to reduce costs it always seems to come down to this.
"One Threat" -- Progressive Power Unifying
Union and environmental leaders arrested together over immigration? What's up? Here is what's up: Corporate-funded conservatives ... "view us as one threat, and fundamentally we are acting like that now, as one threat."
Budget Bedlam This Fall
August actually is a pretty good time to be in Washington.
Here are the key elements about what's ahead...or not ahead...on the budget when Congress returns to Washington in September.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans vs. Reality Paul Krugman says the Republican party has fall for its own con: "Last week House Republicans voted for the 40th time to repeal Obamacare. Like the previous 39 votes, this action will have no effect whatsoever. But it was a stand-in for what...
