What made the Great Recession ‘great’?
People who lose their jobs tend to cut back on their household spending. But in a starkly unequal economy they won’t be the only ones to cut back deeply.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, September 14
15 groups account for nearly all dark money, Trump claim Democrats rigged hurricane death toll, Bezos commits fraction of $163B fortune to help homeless, and more.
Uber Democrats: Workers should cooperate, not ‘compete’
Democrats should be brave enough to call Americans together again – as working people, as a movement, and as a community.
Disaster capitalism—or stumbling, bumbling, vengeful Lord of Misrule?
How monumental faults/ Drive appalling somersaults.
Trump’s chaos agenda
Because that’s how he wins in 2024.
How Georgia voters are transforming America’s future
They want to help the new administration put America on the path to health and shared prosperity.
Private Health Care as an Act of Terrorism
The the terror of unattainable health care is plaguing the U.S. Is being sick and having nowhere to turn terrorizing far too many Americans?
‘Primary every single one of them:’ 18 Democrats join GOP to pass House resolution...
Denouncing the resolution as a political stunt by the Republican majority, 133 House Democrats opted to vote "present" instead of yes or no.
The Costs of War, the Price of Peace
A new report, "Body Count", asserts that up to 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first 10 years of the so-called war on terror. When will the cost of war be too much even for the people making money off of it?
Conservatives grasp at straws after CBO minimum wage analysis shows clear benefits
Corporate interests invented cost-benefit analysis as a way to delay progressive policy through studies and weigh it down by equalizing, for example,...








