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Monday, 26 June 2017 - 11:32pm
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 11:06pm
Robert Borosage
This is it. The Senate has to decide on health care. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a Thursday vote on the Senate plan that will deprive millions of Americans of health care coverage, and raise premiums to tens of millions more. There will be a procedural vote on Tuesday to open the debate, and a push for a vote on Thursday.
This is the week to call your Senators – the number is 202-224-3121 – and to demonstrate in their offices in Washington, and in your state.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 9:10am
Andrew McRae wonders whether the sector's continued dissatisfaction with TEF will eventually wear down the government's resolve to harden its power.
The post Soft TEF, hard TEF, or a Gold, Silver and Bronze TEF? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 9:10am
How did the TEF's flagging system actually work and what can it tell us about the final outcomes? We've taken a look at the data.
The post Fun with flags (pt 2): How did metrics work in TEF outcomes? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 9:05am
For all its flaws, Jane Forster believes that TEF will be a force for good in universities, all things considered, and provided there are some tweaks and improvements.
The post On balance, the good in TEF outweighs the bad appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 9:01am
There have been some commendable efforts to make assessment of equality a part of TEF, but all in all the results suggest it has been a missed opportunity for real progress, argues Jess Moody.
The post TEF results – A missed opportunity for progress on equality appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 2:45am
Eric Margolis
What a scary week in the Mideast. The epicenter of the world’s energy resources and the land-bridge between Asia and Africa is spinning out of control as the danger of a shooting war between the US and Russia grows daily.
A US F-18 warplane shot down a Syrian Air Force SU-22 ground attack aircraft over eastern Syria. This was a grave, reckless provocation clearly authorized by Washington. Russia, Syria’s ally, threatened to begin targeting its supposedly deadly S-300 missiles against US warplanes over Syria.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 1:43am
Common Dreams staff
As people mobilize nationwide under the #ProtectOurCare banner in a collective bid to defeat the Republican Party's plan to strip healthcare coverage from millions in order to give the nation's wealthiest a massive tax break, Sen. Bernie Sanders was helping lead the charge over the weekend as he joined MoveOn.org and others on a rapid-response bus tour designed to galvanize opposition in key states.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 12:35am
Tom Steyer
Republican legislators in Kansas did the unthinkable this month: They voted to raise income taxes, ending a painful five-year experiment with an extreme anti-tax agenda introduced by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
Monday, 26 June 2017 - 12:10am
Bob Burnett
Five months into the Trump regime, we've reached the tipping point. It may take more than a year to play out, but the presidency of Donald Trump is coming to an end. Meantime, congressional Republicans—acknowledging the Administration is running out of runway—have decided to ram through as much toxic legislation as they can while Trump is in the White House.