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“I still hear my brother crying I can’t Breathe. Now I’m in the struggle saying I can’t leave…”
http://vimeo.com/115084647 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A mass of demonstrators chanting “Black lives matter” converged in the Mall of America rotunda on Saturday as part of a protest against police brutality that caused at least part of the mall to...
“A Worse Fraud than Tweed’s”
Isn't it amazing how Washington works? While the rich get richer, they get tax breaks and Wall Street deregulation? While working families become poorer, they get cuts in pensions that were promised to them. Congress must start defending the needs of working families,...
Weekly Address: America’s Resurgence is Real
In this week’s address, the President reflected on the significant progress made by this country in 2014, and in the nearly six years since he took office. "More jobs. More insured. A growing economy. Shrinking deficits. Bustling industry. Booming energy. Pick any...
Jeb Bush is no Jon Huntsman
This week, following months of slobbering coverage from mainstream and nominally liberal journalists, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) announced that he will “actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States.” If anyone suggests that...
Gas prices drop below key threshold
Excerpts from an article by Steve Benen Remember the 2012 presidential campaign? It was just two years ago that Mitt Romney boasted that if he were elected president, he’d “get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent, perhaps a little lower” by the end of his first...
Governor McAuliffe Announces $28 Million in Funding for New Voting Machines across Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: December 15, 2014 Office of the Governor Contact: Rachel Thomas Email: rachel.thomas@governor.virginia.gov Governor McAuliffe Announces $28 Million in Funding for New Voting...
“Nothing stops a bullet like a job.”
A couple of years ago, the city of Chicago started a summer jobs program for teenagers attending high schools in some of the city's high-crime, low-income neighborhoods. The program was meant, of course, to connect students to work. But officials also hoped that it...
Action Alert: Omnibus Spending Bill
https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/910006762345254 Kaine, Tim - (D - VA) 388 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-4024 Contact: http://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact Warner, Mark R. - (D - VA) 475 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC...
John McCain Calls Out the Torture Apologists
There was considerable misinformation disseminated then about what was and wasn't achieved using these methods in an effort to discourage support for the legislation. There was a good amount of misinformation used in 2011 to credit the use of methods with the death of...
