Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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Urgent: Tell Congress To Not Reopen The Wall Street Casino
The Wall Street caucus in Congress is trying to slip a major attack on hard-won financial reforms into a spending bill designed to keep the government running. We\’re asking people to sign an emergency petition.
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Let\’s Rethink The Gas Tax
The current federal program for funding surface transportation infrastructure in the United States is broken, a new report concludes, and other countries may have lessons for us to learn.
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\”We Can\’t Breathe\”
African Americans still can\’t fully breathe in America under the smog of racism. It permeates our institutions and inhibits the ability of all of us to breathe. We may not all recognize it, but this is poisoning us all.
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Fight For $15: Strikes Planned Thursday For Higher Wages
Workers in as many as 190 cities around the country are expected on Thursday to demonstrate for a $15-an-hour wage, building on the foundation of the fast-food strikes of the past year.
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Modest Disability Fund Fix Will Test The GOP\’s Appetite For Governing
The Social Security Disability Insurance fund will need to be replenished before then end of 2016. Will Republicans have the governance capacity to make a small adjustment to extend the life of the program?
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Why Red-State Voters Should Cheer Obama\’s Tax-Break Veto Threat
The major tax break that was about to be left off the \”make permanent\” list in the \”tax extenders\” bill President Obama threatened to veto last week – the Earned Income Tax Credit – disproportionately benefits rural families.
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Do Americans Really Want Hillary Clinton\’s \’Vital Center\’?
Public opinion right now actually is tilted fairly leftward, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this weekend as Hillary Clinton was advocating a cautious brand of populism in New York City.
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Despite Electoral Defeat, Rev. Barber Touts \”Forward Together\” Triumph
With a new book and lessons from the Senate race in North Carolina, Rev. William Barber II is undaunted in his effort to build the Moral Monday movement that shook the state\’s political establishment.
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Bill de Blasio: \”Democrats Not Standing Up\” For Democratic Ideals
The New York City mayor offers a blunt critique of the midterm elections and shows how cities can set the pace for a progressive transformation of our national politics.
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Walmart Rolls Back Its Tax Bill – And Passes The Consequences On To You
Walmart avoids paying on average $1 billion a year in federal taxes through aggressively exploiting tax loopholes, according to a report released today by Americans for Tax Fairness.