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MORNING MESSAGE: Grand Bargain v. Deal for All
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Grand Bargain v. Deal for All
Instead Of A Bad "Grand Bargain," Let's Make A "Deal For All"
Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders Reps. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn., are trying to get political support for a congressional resolution that would repudiate any "grand bargain" on the federal deficit that cuts Social Security, Medicare or other programs vital to economic security.
Deceptive New Romney Ad Is Key Test For Media
The Romney campaign has released an astonishingly deceptive new ad, containing a blatant, flat-out lie.
Want a Real Recovery? Raise the Minimum Wage.
Scratch the surface of just about any economic debate this election year, and you'll find one issue that goes all the way to the core: the yawning gap between the 1% and the rest of us, as skyrocketing income inequality.
Senate Can Vote To End Tax Breaks For Outsourcing And Bring Jobs Home
I have an exercise for you. Don't worry: You can do it at your computer.
Think about all the reasons why a multinational corporation would choose to move jobs to another country. Lower labor costs? More efficient and better educated workers? Potential to contribute to the positive net effect of globalization and free trade?
Health Care and Someone Else's Child
In a previous post, I wrote that Mitt Romney was booed at the NAACP convention when he reiterated his support for repealing health care reform was because, what health care reform means for African Americans. Many people in the audience probably knew what health care reform means for them, their families, and the communities. Romney offered […]
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: The Conservative Flip-Flop On Disclosure
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: The Conservative Flip-Flop On Disclosure
Someone Else's Child
Before Andrew Leonard's paean to paying taxes (inspired by his house catching fire) sparked me to write a different post on Friday, I'd intended to write a wrap-up post, comparing Mitt Romney's NAACP speech to
