Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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Challenge to Media: Talk to People In Paul Ryan\’s District About Poverty
At TalkPoverty.org, a video and story that national mainstream media isn\’t writing about the disconnect between the right-wing nostrums the House speaker is peddling and what the low-income people in Ryan\’s district actually need.
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The Fight for $15 Takes On D.C. and the Democratic Platform
Members of the Democratic Party platform committee were greeted by dozens of low-wage workers challenging them to support \”$15 and a union\” – on the heels of a victory that showed how people power has changed the game.
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The Anti-Job-Creation Party Wants Welfare Recipients To Work
The principle that every person who wants to work should have a job is one that progressives and conservatives could unite around – if conservatives believed that government had a role to play in helping to create jobs.
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President Obama Finally Gets It Right On Expanding Social Security
President Obama on Wednesday did a remarkable 180-degree turn on Social Security, and for the first time we can claim the president as an ally on expanding, not cutting, the program.
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Vouchers Subsidizing Education Failure
The false god of school vouchers has been unmasked once again by a study that says Louisiana and Indiana students using private school vouchers ended up doing worse than their public school counterparts.
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Elizabeth Warren Launches Take On Wall Street Campaign
Sen. Elizabeth Warren explains in this video taken at the launch of the \”Take On Wall Street\” campaign why we need a new level of financial reform to finish the work of the Dodd-Frank bill.
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The New Agenda For Taking On Wall Street
More than 20 progressive organizations representing millions of voters starting Tuesday are putting their weight behind a five-point agenda for the next stage of Wall Street reform.
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Ben Jealous On The \’Gift\’ The Sanders Campaign Gave Progressives
In a video interview, Ben Jealous, the former head of the NAACP and a key supporter of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, explains why he believes a multiracial progressive movement will emerge from the Sanders campaign.
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The Economic Revival Of Our Cities Must Include Everyone
The \”Take 5\” film series opens with a look at the consequences of urban gentrification and a challenge for elected leaders to make sure that the wealth lifting up once-forsaken neighborhoods also lifts up its residents.
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The $3,400 \’Tax\’ You\’re Paying That The Media Decided Not To Talk About
Something that is costing each American family on average $3,400 a year is worth at least a few minutes of discussion – and that something is our inadequate national investment in our infrastructure.