From Migration Policy Institute: Earlier this week, some of the first applicants for a two-year reprieve from deportation, aka deferred action, were notified of their successful application by a much-anticipated text message. As more than 72,000 applications have already been submitted for the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
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From ThinkProgress: Thanks to the popular Obamacare provision that extends health insurance coverage to millions of young adults by allowing them to stay on their parents’ insurance until 26 years of age, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control estimates the number of uninsured young people dropped by…
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Transcript of President Obama’s Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination: Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud…but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank…
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From Center for American Progress: A reasonable question to ask in any election year is whether we are better off today than we were four years ago. This year, the question happens to be remarkably easy to answer. Yes, by almost any measure, we are better off now than we…
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Michelle Obama 2012 DNC Speech Transcript/Audio (5)
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2012 Democratic Party Platform [PDF] 2012 Democratic Party Platform[PDF] (123)
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From People’s World: “The American middle class is under assault,” the platform declares. After a prior GOP “administration that was bent on destroying unions, the president and the Democratic Party believe in the right to organize” and in “supporting American workers with strong labor laws.” While platforms are usually filed…
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