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St. Louis Fast-Food Workers On Strike
It started in New York City, and last month it happened again in Chicago. Today, the movement for decent wages is taking another big step forward in St. Louis, Mo., where hundreds of fast food workers will rally for better wages. Fast food workers, most of which are...
Republican Debt Limit Hostage Operation Hits Record Level Of Absurdity
Earlier this week, I noted that the Republican plan to take the debt limit hostage to demand unspecified tax reform at a future date was too ridiculous to be believed. But that battle plan looks like the Invasion of Normandy compared to the latest Keystone Kops scheme...
Obama Visits Texas On Jobs, Manufacturing Tour
President Obama is in Texas to launch a "Middle-Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour" that focuses on manufacturing. The president announced an executive order creating three "manufacturing hubs" -- Manufacturing Innovation Institutes -- with $200 million from the...
Wait, We Outsource Military Supply Contracts To CHINA?
We give away our jobs and factories and industries to China. Some geniuses apparently thought that meant we should also let our military security be contracted out to China as well. A new report from the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), Remaking American...
Republicans Say 'My Way And No Highways'
Republicans are refusing to do their part in governing the country. They say "do it our way or we won't let anything get done at all." Their agenda is all ideology, all the time (and of course helping the wealthy). As a result We the People are on our own. We get no...
Progressive Breakfast
Deficit Down Budget deficit slashed after "fiscal cliff" tax deal. CNN: "The annual deficit has fallen 32% over the first seven months of this fiscal year compared with same period last year, according to Congressional Budget Office figures ... Tax collections rose by...
Rick Perlstein: Questions The Senate Should Ask Penny Pritzker (Video)
We interview Rick Perlstein, a former writer for the Campaign for America's Future who now writes for The Nation, about his detailed and deeply troubling two-part examination of President Obama's nominee to be Commerce secretary. Penny Pritzker.
Surprise: Who Is America's Largest Low-Wage Job Creator?
Our economy is shifting from good-paying middle-class jobs to low-wage jobs. Here comes a surprise: Who is the country's biggest creator of low-wage jobs? Watch this video from Good Jobs Nation to see.
It's a "Big Deal" When Red-State Senators Defy Obama On Social Security Cuts
At least three Senators up for re-election in Republican-leaning states next year are defying President Obama by indicating they’ll refuse to support the White House’s Social Security cuts in any “Grand Bargain” on the budget. There are a number of reasons why this is important, including the fact that it may scuttle the chance (if there ever was one) for any deal.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Stop High Stakes "Common Core" Testing OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: "Ratcheting education standards ever higher at the same time we cut supports that schools and students need to reach those standards never made any sense to begin with. And the value...
