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TPP takes a blow, DACA and DAPA would grow the US economy by $2 billion a year & more in this week's PP!

GRASSROOTS VICTORY OVER TPP…BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO END SECRET SEARCHES…IMMIGRATION... GRASSROOTS VICTORY OVER TPP – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Director Lori Wallach celebrated the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) defeat in the House Friday: “[TPP] just hit the immovable object called transpartisan grassroots democracy” … Despite massive public opposition, the House extended t…

Taxpayers may have to foot a $3.5 billion cleanup bill if the coal industry defaults, infrastructure investment faces more cuts & more in this week's PP!

TEXAS DECISION DEVASTATES ABORTION CLINICS…YOU VOTE, I VOTE, WE ALL VOTE…THE WORLD SAYS NO TO... TEXAS DECISION DEVASTATES ABORTION CLINICS – Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) President and CEO Nancy Northrup outlined the stakes of Thursday’s Fifth Circuit ruling in Texas: “Not since before Roe v. Wade has such a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive hea…

78,000 people want debt forgiveness for Corinthian College students, new report shows that min wage workers are older, smarter, and poorer than ever + more in PP this week!

A BACKWARD STEP ON IMMIGRATION…BLACK WOMEN MATTER…Sunset the PATRIOT Act…Film The Police…The... A BACKWARD STEP ON IMMIGRATION – Despite the fact that the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program (DAPA) would increase GDP by $164 billion and create over 20,000 jobs, the Bush- and Reagan-appointed judges of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked relief f…

Did GOP cuts kill again?, NY wants $15 and a union, TPP transparency push + more news from the movement in this week's Practical Progress

DID REPUBLICAN CUTS KILL AGAIN?…$15 AND A UNION…TPP TRANSPARENCY, PLEASE…Criminal Justice... DID REPUBLICAN CUTS KILL AGAIN? – Despite the Amtrak tragedy on Tuesday–and arguments by experts that better technology might have prevented the crash–yesterday, the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee voted to cut Amtrak’s funding by an additional $252 million.

ALEC is getting desperate, fight for $15 on 4/15, the push for full employment + more news from the movement in PP this week!

THE WRONG CONVERSATION AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT…RAND PAUL IS IN THE RACE…ALEC Is Getting... THE WRONG CONVERSATION AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT – Rolling Stone officially retracted “A Rape on Campus” this week after a devastating report in the Columbia Journalism Review, which concluded that the reporters had failed at every step of the process. The conversation around this controversy, though, M…

GOP House Budget and CPC People's Budget square off. Find out more about both in PP this week!

PP REVAMP…TAKE OUR SURVEY!…TED CRUZ RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT…MEANWHILE, WHILE WARREN STILL SAYS... IN 592 DAYS the nation will: ELECT a new president … ELECT or DEFEAT 24 Republican senators whose terms are ending … VOTE on minimum wage ballot initiatives … SEND 34 vulnerable house members packing … or not. With so much to be decided, we had NO CHOICE! We just had to EXPAND PRACTICAL PROGRESS–so…