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A memo released a few days by Democracy Corps, based on interviews with working-class voters in Florida and Ohio, has not gotten the attention it deserves. It underscores how deeply working-class people sense that there is something fundamentally wrong with the...

Filibuster Showdown Today No deal on nominees after late night bipartisan Senate caucus, votes slated for 10 AM. TPM: "Seven nominees are scheduled to come up for Senate votes Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. ET: three members of the National Labor Relations Board and picks...

To protect our health, we’ve learned to have our ‘vital signs’ taken. But no visit to a doctor’s office can tell us the vital signs that determine where on earth people can expect to live the longest lives. Let’s talk life expectancy. The stats first. They tell a...

There’s an old saying: When one door closes, another opens. Whoever said that never worked in Washington. The last four years have offered the Federal government a borrowing and investment opportunity that’s unprecedented in modern history. Interest rates have been at...

Senate Democrats on Tuesday will choose whether to finally put an end to Republican filibuster obstruction of everything. In particular Republicans are obstructing appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

Yesterday on NBC's Meet The Press, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was having a hard time understanding why the Majority Leader is ready to change the rules to prevent filibusters on executive branch nominees: We don't all agree on everything, and they elect...

After the 2009 arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., I and many other African-American writers shared our experiences of "Black Man 101"; a lifelong course in survival and behavior modification in which we are enrolled almost from birth, and from which we never graduate....

Charles Pierce thinks so. I think it could happen, after watching his brother with Pierce Morgan last night. Imagine how thrilled CPAC will be to see George The Victim next year.

Senate Student Loan Negotiations Stuck Student loan deal "elusive" says National Journal: "By late last week, lawmakers had broken the gridlock, agreeing to work toward a deal that would be deficit-neutral, tie interest rates to the market, and place rate caps on...