Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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The Public Is Rejecting Latest Trade Mis-Deal, And Harry Reid Takes Heed
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he does not support fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, on the same day that a new poll reveals the extent of public opposition to the trade deal.
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On Key Progressive Policies, Obama Has A Mandate
The latest polling shows President Obama wins, and Democrats in Congress will win, with a progressive populist economic agenda. And they need not shy away from highlighting Republican obstruction and wrong-headed priorities.
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Go To Raleigh And \’Send A Signal\’ To Tea-Party Extremists
The Rev. William Barber II explains why he is calling people around the country to join a Feb. 8 \”moral march\” on Raleigh, N.C.: \”In order to change America, you have to change the South.\”
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Shame On Congress For Its Criminal Neglect Of The Jobless
Congress this week assaulted the jobless in two ways – by leaving Washington without reviving long-term jobless benefits that expired last month and by passing a budget that does virtually nothing to boost job creation.
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Marco Rubio\’s Impoverished Ideas For The War On Poverty
The Florida Republican\’s speech on poverty is essentially the same warmed-over combination of trickle-down economics, state\’s-rights conservatism and subsidizing corporate profits in the guise of helping workers.
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The Next Unemployment Benefits Fight: The Specious \”Pay-For\” Demand
Don\’t let Republicans get away with demanding that Democrats \”pay for\” a benefit for economically struggling Americans by taking away support from other economically struggling Americans.
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This Trade Fight Is Against \’Global Apartheid\’
The president of TransAfrica explains why the fight against the Trans-Pacific Partnership warrants the involvement of all people who care about racism, economic justice and human rights.
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ALEC Needs To Let The Sun Shine In
Why would the ALEC network of right-wing state lobbyists want to kill off incentives for using solar energy? Could it be the heavy investment in fossil fuels by one of ALEC\’s chief funders, the Koch brothers?
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A \’Duh\’ Moment: Economists Wake Up To Income Inequality\’s Damage
In an Associated Press survey published today, a group of three dozen economists for the most part agree that the \”growing gap between the richest Americans and everyone else … [is] hurting the U.S. economy.\”
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Those Stock Buybacks Are Costing Us Jobs
If you haven\’t been able to get a raise in your low-wage job, or if you\’ve had a hard time getting a job at all, those stock buybacks could be a major reason why.