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Conservatives Letting Head Start Fall Behind

President Bush signed bipartisan legislation in December reauthorizing the Head Start program. But even as they praised the program, Congress funded the program at $480 million below its authorized level. Then President Bush in early February proposed a budget that would reduce funding even further below what the Congress authorized. more »

Progressive Values for Education

Americans want schools that teach values as well as math and reading. more »

The Facts

College: Soaring Out of Reach for Families

The dream of a college education is being priced out of reach for more and more American students and their families. Tuition is rising while wages are flat or sinking. Conservatives in Congress have responded by cutting $12 billion from federal student loan programs and raising loan interest rates for student and their parents. Conservatives in state governments have cut back funding for colleges, passing more costs to families in the form of increased tuitions and fees. See below to find out how your representative voted.more »

Investing In People

Here are some basic facts behind our call for "real investment" in people, assembled from recent government and private studies. We've fallen behind as a nation, but making the right spending choices will yield lasting dividends.more »

The Case

Lieberman Vows to Fight for Assholes

"...While Sen. Lieberman's decision to align himself with the nation's assholes could be a high-risk strategy, politically speaking, a new poll of likely Connecticut voters indicates that they are a key constituency for the Senator..."more »

It's not just my empty wine fridge

In a recent interview for his new film, CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer impatiently asked Michael Moore why he was bellyaching about capitalism since he’d obviously done so well financially. Moore patiently replied that he was simply trying to do what the good priests and nuns had taught him to do: “to help the least among us.” more »

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