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MORNING MESSAGE: A Million on the Mall OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "Before the election reporters and pundits were saying that not so many people would turn out this time, that it would be close at best. But on election day it turned out that it wasn’t even close....
A Million On The Mall: Our President's Progressive Pivot-Point?
Before the election reporters and pundits were saying that not so many people would turn out this time, that it would be close at best. But on election day it turned out that it wasn't even close. The people did turn out, some waiting in lines four, five, six hours to...
Why Some Folks Are No Longer Singing the Beltway Blues
How do unequal societies solve the problems — like traffic congestion — that make us miserable? They come up with solutions that make life easier for rich people. Politicians and bureaucrats “inside the Beltway” that circles Washington, D.C., pundits like to prattle,...
Obama's Running Room – And Ours
President Barack Obama won a tactical victory on New Year’s weekend by forcing Republicans to raise taxes on the top 1 percent, but he has far bigger challenges to address—and so do progressives. The economy is still at risk of several more years of hidden depression,...
Larry Cohen Explains Why We Need Filibuster Reform
On this week’s Moyers & Company (check local listings), Larry Cohen, president of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America, joins Bill to make the case for common-sense filibuster reform that would bring the Senate back to serving democracy. Cohen is a...
Deficit Problem Solved - Why Are We STILL Talking Cuts Instead Of Jobs?
California’s deficits are gone, and Republicans are furious. The national deficit problem is largely solved, too, and Republicans just don't know what to do! Of course what we need to do is invest in modernizinge our infrastructure, which will put people back to work and we will end up with a ... wait for it ... modernized, energy-efficient infrastructure that will drive our economy into the 21st century.
Pwnd By Faceless Bureaucrats
I've never understood why so many people think the Social Security actuaries have always been innumerate morons, but perhaps that's just a result of the decades of propaganda about government workers. The fact is that from the very beginning the SSA accurately...
Citizens United Still Matters: Our Courts Are On The Auction Block
Election night 2012 definitely felt like a victory for progressives. President Obama won re-election convincingly, with more than half the electorate casting ballots for the president, Democrats picked up two Senate seats and eight House seats. The fears of...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Too Much Health Care Is Not The Problem OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "Nate Silver has a much-discussed post today in The New York Times, 'What Is Driving Growth in Government Spending?' ... he is right: health care costs have been rising at an...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Too Much Health Care Is Not The Problem OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "Nate Silver has a much-discussed post today in The New York Times, 'What Is Driving Growth in Government Spending?' ... he is right: health care costs have been rising at an...
