Category: Blog
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Listen: Robert Borosage On The Bernie Sanders New Hampshire Win
During a webinar by the Public Leadership Institute, Robert Borosage talks about Bernie Sanders\’ victory in the New Hampshire primary and the political road ahead for the progressive movement in 2016.
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Why Hillary Clinton\’s Five Words On Social Security Matter
Her most declarative statement to date on the issue of where she would stand on various proposals to \”reform\” Social Security and ensure its long-term solvency comes in the context of a disconcerting history.
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Jobs Report: Unfinished Business As Unemployment Falls Below 5 Percent
The biggest mistake policymakers in Washington – from the White House to the Congress to the Federal Reserve – could make right now is to assume that what we\’re seeing right now resembles actual \”full employment.\”
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Bernie Sanders\’ Underappreciated Interview With Ebony Magazine
In the interview Sanders fields questions about the Black Lives Matters protests at his early campaign events and the fact that some blacks feel taken for granted by the Democratic party.
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With Latest Budget Deal, More Failure By Design
Government spending is not out of control. It\’s the negative effects of not spending what we should that are threatening to spiral out of control. For conservatives, there is evil genius in all this.
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Let\’s Make Sure Our Tax Dollars Buy Good Manufacturing Jobs
A new report presents a challenge to make better use of government procurement to boost U.S. manufacturing and to create good jobs. Economist Robert Pollin explains in this video.
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What Clinton Gets Right, And Wrong, About Wall Street Reform
In a New York Times op-ed, Hillary Clinton points in the right direction and says much that needs to be said. Still, the progressives she is clearly trying to win over still need to press for bolder reforms.
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Here\’s One Way To Salvage Congress\’ Poor Transportation Jobs Bill
The six-year surface transportation bill Congress is now hammering out contains both inadequate funding and bad policy. But there is an opportunity to boost a popular program that was a key tool in the 2009 stimulus.
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Welfare Reform\’s Broken Promises Exposed Again
One of the remarkably few efforts to examine how welfare recipients actually fare once they get back into the workforce uncovers the inconvenient truth behind right-wing rhetoric about aid to low-income people.
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How A Supreme Court Case Puts Equality in the Workplace At Stake
An adverse ruling in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association \”would undermine one of the most successful vehicles\” for providing equal opportunity for American workers, rights organizations tell the Supreme Court.