Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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The Crisis In White America the GOP Did Not Debate – But Democrats Must
Studies like the one done by two Princeton University professors on increasing mortality rates among whites are precisely why progressives need to unapologetically press the case for bold economic reforms.
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Stan Greenberg Sees a Way for Democrats to Retake the Senate in 2016
Winning the Senate will take offering voters a progressive reform agenda, which Democracy Corps lays out in a strategy memo and Greenberg details in his latest book, \”America Ascendant.\”
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Warren\’s Social Security COLA Bill Poses a Question for Clinton
Where she stands on a bill that would give seniors the same raise that top CEOs have received would say a lot about where she stands on the larger question of expanding instead of cutting Social Security.
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A Surprisingly Positive Jobs Report That Shouldn\’t Make Us Complacent
Lurking behind these numbers is the real danger that the Federal Reserve will join congressional Republicans in putting brakes on economic growth just as its benefits are beginning to reach the left behind.
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We Now Know the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Even Worse Than We Thought
The effort is now on to defeat this treaty in Congress, with labor, consumer, environmental and health care organizations united in their opposition based on the text released Thursday.
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Here\’s One Way to Tell Businesses To Either Pay Fair or Pay Up
If worker advocates succeed in getting a county ordinance passed, Chicago businesses with low-paid workers would have to start shouldering the cost of the social services their employees are forced to rely on.
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Standing In Solidarity With Low-Wage Workers At the U.S. Senate
On Wednesday, Senate staffers made a point of showing that they understand what low-wage cafeteria workers are struggling with. A petition drive is ongoing to call for their right to collective bargaining.
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Elizabeth Warren Takes On \’Insider Washington\’ At CAF Awards Gala
\”This would be good chance tonight to remind insider Washington, you are wrong,\” the Massachusetts senator said in her acceptance speech at CAF\’s Awards Gala, where she received the organization\’s Progressive Champion Award.
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A Mayoral Candidate in Maine Might Have the Antidote to Trumpism
Lewiston, Maine is getting national attention because of its bombastic, conservative mayor. His opponent aims to show the nation that a progressive populist can win in what looks like hostile territory.
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Scott Wallace on The Key To Building A Climate Movement
Scott Wallace of the Wallace Global Fund, who will be honored at the Campaign for America\’s Future 2015 Awards Gala, explains his success in driving the global conversation on climate change.