Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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More Than 2,000 Organizations Declare Opposition To Fast-Tracking TPP
The list is part of a letter the organization sent to Congress urging members to oppose the fast-track bill sponsored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
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Populism2015\’s Upshot – Hillary Clinton Has Her Challenger: It Is Us
With groups allied around the Populism2015 platform \”for people and the planet,\” we have a North Star for organizing and building coalitions, and a yardstick for measuring any candidate running for office.
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\’Raise Wages, Empower Workers\’ At the Top of the Populism2015 Agenda
Wednesday\’s \”Fight for $15\” actions fit into what has become a much larger effort to repair and reshape an American economy that for workers is fundamentally broken – a key theme at this weekend\’s Populism2015 conference.
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What Robert Samuelson (And Others) Get Wrong About Full Employment
Listen to economist Jared Bernstein correct the record about unemployment and inflation, and explain why \”jobs for all\” should be a rallying cry for progressives as we approach the 2016 presidential campaign.
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A Corporate Tax Plan For Road Funding Is Really A Bridge To Nowhere
A plan by the Obama administration to pay for transportation projects with proceeds from a tax break awarded to companies hoarding profits overseas leaves too much needed money on the table, says a new report.
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\”Fight 4/15\”: Low-Wage Workers Call Nationwide Strike April 15
This movement that started with fast-food workers in 2012 is now expanding to include a whole range of occupations, ranging from health care workers to adjunct professors, say organizers.
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Unholy Week: Senate Votes Complete A Portrait Of Wrong Priorities
Both the House and Senate have now passed budget resolutions that offer comfort and protection to the wealthy and powerful and more discomfort and vulnerability to everyone else.
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Senate Budget Votes Reveal The Same Old \’Party Of No\’
The Senate today launched into what\’s known inside the Beltway as a \”vote-a-rama.\” We already know how this drama ends when it comes to actions that would advance the goal of shared prosperity.
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Progressive Caucus Budget Defeated, But Wins Majority of Democrats
The People\’s Budget picked up 95 votes, a larger share of votes from the House Democratic caucus than its predecessors in previous years. Republicans, not surprisingly, were unanimous in opposition.
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House Democrats Will Be Measured By Their People\’s Budget Vote
A vote for the People\’s Budget is a declaration that Democrats are willing to take away the power of conservatives and their moneyed benefactors to draw the limits of the politically possible.