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Not Sure How to Remember Margaret Thatcher? Look Around You.
Margaret Thatcher's death raises a difficult etiquette question: How do you write about a person whose policies you opposed, whose philosophy has been discredited by history, and who by many accounts was not a very likeable human being?
A Budget Compromise On Kids
The negative effects of ratcheting up security measures on schools are multifaceted. Studies conducted where is widespread presence of armed guards and security in schools have found that these measures lead to more students being pushed out of school and into the criminal justice system.
Reid Threatens Sternly Worded Letter Over Continuing Filibusters
For years now Senate Republicans have been filibustering ... everything. At the end of last year there was an effort to convince Democrats in the Senate of the need to reform the filibuster so things we need to get done could get done.
Bobby Jindal, Still Stuck On Stupid Party
Having learned the shocking lesson that people don't like regressive tax increases to pay for huge handouts to the wealthy, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has decided to go for the full free lunch.
Bait and Switch, CEO Style
As the U.S. Commerce Department released a report late last month showing corporate profits at a 60-year high, suddenly the big news was about how cheating surely must be rampant in social security disability.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Sinking American Electorate - African Americans Still In Depression OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "When President Obama formally unveils his fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday ... there will not be an all-out effort to address the depression-level...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Sinking American Electorate - African Americans Still In Depression OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "When President Obama formally unveils his fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday ... there will not be an all-out effort to address the depression-level...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Sinking American Electorate - African Americans Still In Depression OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "When President Obama formally unveils his fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday ... there will not be an all-out effort to address the depression-level...
African Americans Still In Depression
Among African-American voters there are a significant segment that has complained for years that their votes are taken for granted by the Democratic party. It is the bloc whose unity around Barack Obama propelled him into the White House.
Could Democrats Be Rebranded As the ‘Anti-Social Security Party’?
It's time to think the unthinkable: The leader of the Democratic Party is about to submit a budget which cuts Social Security benefits. And Republicans are planning a double-cross, an undertaking for which they have demonstrated talent.
