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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16248 )
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Democratic Women Senators Call For Economic Justice
The Democratic women senators just stood together at an amazing event where we delivered a very important message: No American woman should ever work a full-tim... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Religious Logic
Christians (and those from other religions) like to use their "holy" books to prove the truth of their religion and the existence of their god (or gods). Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Death Panels Kill Between 7k And 17k Annually
When the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was being debated, and even after it was passed, the Republicans loved to talk about "death panels" -- claiming that th... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Public Still Disapproves Of Congressional Republicans
It is becoming blatantly obvious the the Republicans in Congress simply don't care what the American people think of them. Either that, or they think they can... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Presidential Preferences
This is the latest survey to check on each party's preference for their presidential nominee in 2016. It is the Washington Post / ABC News Poll (taken between... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Couple Of Good Signs For Wendy Supporters
Greg Abbott started the governor's race in Texas far ahead of State Senator Wendy Davis (the most likely Democratic nominee). That's because he already had... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Green Party Responds To State Of The Union Speeches
Here is the Green Party's response to the State of the Union speech by President Obama (and the Republican responses). It was written on January 29th by Green... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It's The Governments - Not The People
I believe what she says is true. People are the same all over the world, and there is no reason why the people of the United States and the people of Iran shoul... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Takes First Step - Congress Needs to Act Now
The chart above was not made from some leftist group's information, but from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service -- the organization that provides... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Congress Doesn't Care About Poor & Hurting Americans
(The cartoon image above is by Tom Toles in The Washington Post.) It's only been a few days since CBS News revealed that 20% of all United States households... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
American Workers Are Being Left Behind In This Economy
These charts (from Mother Jones) show what has been happening in the United States economy since the imposition of the Republican "trickle-down" economic... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
America Has Lost Another Music Legend
(This photo of Pete Seeger was taken in 2007 by photographer Anthony Pepitone.) The legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger has left us. He died on Monda... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bayer CEO Thinks Poor People Don't Deserve To Live
The medication pictured at the left is Nexavar. It is made by Bayer, and is a promising new cancer drug (for late-stage liver and kidney cancer). The only... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Difference Between The Party Bases
I thought this survey was interesting. It is a Gallup Poll (done between January 5th and 8th of a random national sample of 1,018 adults, with the margin of... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Texas GOP Still Wants Creationism Taught As Science In The State's Public Schools
Texas government is dominated by teabagger/fundamentalist Republicans, and for years now we have been fighting to keep religion out of the science classes in ou... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Drought In Texas Panhandle At Record Level
(This image of drought in the Texas Panhandle is from the website of News Channel 10 in Amarillo.) The drought here in the Texas Panhandle has yet to end, but i... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
One Out Of Five Households Receive Food Stamps In U.S.
While the rich and the corporations have fully recovered from the Bush recession, it's abundantly clear that most Americans haven't. Read more
Posted on 28 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Republican Image Is Still Quite Tarnished
After the 2012 election, it became very apparent that the Republican "brand" was tarnished. This was even realized by the leadership of the Republican National... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The President's Approval Ratings Numbers
With the president set to give the State of the Union speech tonight, I thought it would be a good time to look at the president's approval ratings. Read more
Posted on 28 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
This CEO Sees The Economic Truth
(This photo from the Business Insider is by Justin Sullivan.) It is a sad fact that most CEO's and investors can't see past what the market will do this week... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY
