- Tuesday afternoon marked the beginning of the general floor debate for the ...
- Elijah Zarlin, who worked as a senior email writer at Obama campaign headqu...
- Millions of Americans are deep in medical debt. Unfortunately, the Affordab...
- Immigrants don’t just pick our fruit, deliver our take-out food and desig...
- WASHINGTON -- Progressive Democrats in Congress are ramping up pressure on ...
- Activists held a series of demonstrations across the country today to call ...
- A renewed debate of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force is lon...
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- The US House of Representatives took an important step last week toward the...
- Next week, the U.S. House will take up the federal farm bill, which include...
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- WASHINGTON — Isolated human genes may not be patented, the Supreme Court ...
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- During the Bush II Era, excessive deficit spending was no big deal for Repu...
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Progressive Democrats of America: Doing The Everyday Hard Work for The Common Good
Written by Joanne Boyer | Wisdom Voices
No one said it was going to be easy – being a progressive that is. Social movements, simply stated, are hard work that takes time. Patience. Fortitude. Perseverance. Those are hardly the buzzwords of our 21st century, 24-hour news cycle environment.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel – following a path blazed by his deputy, Ash Carter – will kick back up to 14 days’ pay to the U.S. Treasury to replicate the pecuniary pain sequestration will inflict on fellow Pentagon civilians. “He will voluntarily subject part of his salary to furlough levels even though he’s not required,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said Tuesday.
Group pushes for vote on single-payer health care in Colorado
Written by Michael Booth | Denver Post
Even as state officials scramble to put in place major health reforms for 2014, a new proposal to guarantee medical care as a human right and create a single-payer system for all citizens is moving toward a Colorado vote.
Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks ‘a few thousand’ barrels of crude oil in Arkansas
Written by Steven Mufson | Washington Post
Exxon Mobil said that one of its pipelines leaked “a few thousand” barrels of Canadian heavy crude oil near Mayflower, Ark., prompting the evacuation of 22 homes and reinforcing concerns many critics have raised about the Keystone XL pipeline that is awaiting State Department approval.
Beneath the surface, the Beltway crumbles
Written by Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post
The Capital Beltway, a politically iconic and locally vital highway, is dying beneath your turning wheels.
Under the surface of all but some recently restored segments, fissures are spreading, cracks are widening and the once-solid road bed that carries about a quarter-million cars a day is turning to mush.
Senator Bernie Sanders Bill Would Break Up Big Banks
Written by eNews Park Forest
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will introduce legislation to break up banks that have grown so big that the Justice Department has not pursued prosecutions for fear an indictment would harm the financial system.
Chicago’s schools won’t close quietly
Written by Kenzo Shibata | In These Times
Is Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett ready for the city's newly organized teachers union? On Wednesday at 4pm, a coalition of Chicago teachers, parents, students and community members met at Daley Plaza to voice their displeasure with the announcement last week by Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett that 61 Chicago Public Schools will be closed before the opening of the 2013-2014 school year.
Obama: Let’s rebuild our infrastructure
Written by Josh Lederman | Salon
While visiting a Miami port Friday, the president laid out a plan to create new jobs through public works projects . Trying to show that the economy remains a top priority, President Barack Obama promoted a plan to create construction and other jobs by attracting private money to help rebuild roads, bridges and other public works projects.
President Obama Goes To Israel...and What Happens, Exactly?
Written by Phyllis Bennis | IPS
Israel visit elicits beautiful talk, but talk is cheap.
Pentagon urged to stop stalling, start planning defense cuts
Written by David Alexander | Reuters
(Reuters) - The Pentagon needs to stop stalling and start figuring out how to cut its budget by $50 billion annually for the foreseeable future in a way that preserves national security, defense analysts from across the political spectrum said on Thursday.
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