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Hungry
According to Pew report released today, almost a quarter of people in the United States an did not have enough money to feed their families. The good news is that the stock market is roaring and the top 1% have been doing really well.
Another Bridge Falls -- Fixing Infrastructure Fixes Jobs And Deficits
Another aging highway bridge falls, cars and people in the water... This problem was well-known and urgent years ago! But Republicans block it, saying fixing our infrastructure is "more government spending." Fixing our infrastructure is also jobs and economic growth....
Even With College Degrees, Youth Struggle In A Weak Economy
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s recent data on college graduates has been a gift that keeps on giving. The plethora of information has provided great insight into the millennial generation’s current economic predicament. In their most recent report, Jaison Abel...
Washington's Literal Sinkhole, And Our Idiotic Fixation On Deficits
On Tuesday, a "sinkhole" suddenly sank in Washington D.C. three blocks from the White House. Not a metaphor, but a massive hole in the road as "long as a Ford Explorer," double the width of a train car and 17 feet deep.
TPP: A Deregulation Treaty Not A Trade Treaty
The upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is using a process that is rigged from the start. It is being negotiated by executive for the benefit of the corporations they serve. Democracy is not part of the process.
Offset This, Sen. Coburn
Even before the winds died down in his home state, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn insisted that additional disaster relief be "paid for" by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. The truth is, there is already money in the budget to cover it.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Apple Pie is American, But Apple Computer Isn’t OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We should treat Apple and other formerly American multinationals as neutral entities with whom we can cooperate at times for our mutual benefit. We should encourage them...
The Forces Driving America's Education Spring
In three days of protests over the weekend and lapping into Monday, people who look like they would be involved in a civil rights cause were protesting against the city's decision to close their neighborhood schools.
Apple Pie is American, But Apple Computer Isn’t. Not Anymore.
Did you know that Apple Computer has become a foreign entity? Did you know that it's more Irish than anything else, at least as far as taxes are concerned? Or that it pays very little in income tax, even though its products wouldn’t exist if it not for U.S. taxes?...
Sequestering The Next Disaster
President Obama has promised Oklahoma "everything that it needs right away" to begin the process of recovering and rebuilding, after the massive tornado touched down in the state on Monday, devastating the cities of Monroe and Newcastle. Already hundreds of Federal...
