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The DREAM is alive in some cities and states
Some states and municipalities aren’t waiting around for Congress to pass the DREAM Act. “Despite the anti-immigration rhetoric of the 2010 mid-term elections, states
Stand-up progressives: Schakowsky offers a different idea on deficit-reduction
Last week, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, offered a preliminary plan to reduce
Thanks, President Obama: Credit-card holders get a better deal
Don’t believe ‘em when they say the progressive agenda is unloved by American citizens. Much has been accomplished in the first two years of
Bernie Sanders’ progressive deficit-reduction plan
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Friday, November 12 that he will work with members of Congress, labor unions, seniors’ organizations, economists and others to
Film “Inside Job” shows sharply divided America
Inside Job presents an illuminating account of how the financial meltdown of 2008 came to be. My biggest take away is that we are
NYC’s Mayor Bloomberg pushes for electric taxis
According to SmartPlanet.com, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently called for cities with large numbers of taxis to play a role in cutting
1956: A presidential election to remember
The 1952 and 1956 presidential elections between Republican Dwight Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson might stand as the last time that the American people had a choice between two capable candidates with clear and reasonable philosophies of government.
Who bought the 2010 elections? We may never know.
Even before the last dollar has been tallied, we already know one thing: We’re not going to be able to identify a lot of
Stand-up progressives: Kucinich vs. war
Right-wing Republicans may be strutting around calling the 2010 mid-term elections a “rejection” of progressive ideas, but that doesn’t mean that it’s so. Contrary