Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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Community College \”Giveaway That Benefits Students\” – How Awful!
The vacuity of conservative arguments against tuition-free community college is actually a sign that President Obama\’s proposal is a hit to the conservative solar plexus.
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Republicans Backing A Gas Tax Increase? Actually, We\’ve Seen This Before
Not only have Republicans in recent memory made tentative statements about being \”open\” to raising the gasoline tax, a group of Republican House members have actually voted to do it.
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\’Raising Wages\’ Is The Latest Battle Cry In The Fight For Workers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for \”different choices … that put working people first\” as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka launches a new effort to mobilize workers for jobs and growth.
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On Day 1, House GOP Rigs The Rules For The Rich, Against The Disabled
House Republicans start the new Congress by declaring that tax cuts defy gravity and that future disability payments should be held hostage to set the stage for Social Security cuts.
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How Democrats In 2015 Can Honor Mario Cuomo\’s Progressive Vision
The former New York governor\’s 1984 Democratic Party convention speech captures what Americans who are either treading water or sinking in today\’s economy need the Democratic Party to stand for.
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What The Death Of Single Payer In Vermont Says About Health Reform
This proves what some progressive leaders have been saying all along about Obamacare: It should never be viewed as anything other than a first step – one hobbled by political compromises and moneyed interests.
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President Obama\’s Decisive Action On Cuba
We called on President Obama to take a series of actions to \”move good things forward\” in the face of a destructive right-wing agenda. Today he took one of the actions on that list.
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Economic Development For The 1 Percent: Tax Incentives Gone Wrong
State and local tax breaks are exploited by wealthy corporations, propping up businesses that generate massive wealth for CEOs and shareholders while keeping wages and benefits down for rank-and-file workers.
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The Ominous \’Cromnibus,\’ A Budget Bill That Should Have Died
With all of the bad stuff that is in the 2015 budget that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what\’s not in the bill. In an ideal world, it would have been voted down.
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Call Congress To Oppose Backroom Wall Street Deal
We\’re calling for an all-out push today to stop a backroom deal that would reopen the Wall Street derivatives casino that caused so much damage in 2008, with taxpayers stuck with the bill for cleaning up the mess.