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Jobs Report: Slow Growth and No Relief
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a net gain of 162,000 jobs for July, somewhat below the slow growth we’ve witnessed over the past months. The decline of the official unemployment rate to 7.4 percent will be celebrated – as were “higher than expected” reports...
Dream Defenders: Florida's Dandelion Moment
In the days before and after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Florida police posted PSA's encouraging blacks not to riot, and monitored social media for hints about when and where violence might occur.
That THUD Is The Sound Of Republicans Losing Their Last Shred Of Leverage
Over at The Week today, I note that the Republicans enter into upcoming budget negotiations with a weak hand, because both parties know Republicans will blow their chances to win the Senate in 2014 if they force a government shutdown in 2013. Democrats can effectively...
Republicans: Feeding Seniors Is Just "Buying Votes" And Democracy "Pillages Taxpayers"
Republican Senator Ted Cruz says a government shutdown is no big deal, because the government shuts down every weekend. That's like saying it's OK to be dead, because you are dead every night when you go to sleep. Meanwhile a Fox News host says feeding old people is...
Progressive Breakfast
House GOP Fractures When Faced With Actual Spending Cuts Faced with bill including actual spending cuts, House Republicans flinch. Roll Call: "...it’s become the best available example of what President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans brought on themselves...
Southern Revival: The Righteous Progressivism of Moral Mondays
For 13 weeks, the North Carolina state house in Raleigh was the focus of "Moral Mondays" — a progressive movement organized by the state's NAACP president, Rev. William Barber, in response to what he called North Carolina GOP's “mean-spirited quadruple attack” on the...
The New Economic Math = Jobs.
This week the government changed the way it measures the size and growth of our economy. Its new figures deliver a clear message, one that reinforces President Obama's recent emphasis on shifting away from deficit mania and focusing on jobs. If you don’t want to...
New EPA Chief Nails It
"Climate Change Isn't an Environmental Issue. It Is a Fundamental Economic Challenge." Above is the first speech from Gina McCarthy since Republicans stood down from filibustering her nomination to head the EPA.
President Offers To Give Republicans The Store, They Demand More
This week the President offered Republicans a corporate tax reform plan that basically gives them everything they want (before negotiations even begin,) in exchange for please allow We the People to have some jobs and infrastructure and education. The Republican...
What's Next In The Struggle To Make College More Affordable
Now that a student loan interest-rate bill has passed the Senate and is almost certain to pass the House this week, it is time to take a closer look at our long-term goal for higher education: making college affordable for all students. President Obama touched upon...
