This week’s strike on International Women’s Day both celebrated—and left out—many women unable to take time off work.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Trickle Upper: Portland Cracks Down on Excessive CEO Pay
In 2017, Portland, Oregon, will become the first city to impose a surtax on companies with CEOs who make more than 100 times their workers’ median pay-an idea that was floated by Prospect executive editor Harold Meyerson two years ago. “If congressional liberals want to diminish economic inequality, they should also promote legislation that would […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Are There So Many Different Gender Wage Gap Calculations?
What is the correct figure for how much women are paid relative to men? Is it 80 cents to the dollar? Or is it 83 cents? The answer, it turns out, is both: There are alternative methods for measuring the gender wage gap, and a Wednesday panel discussion at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Photo Essay: Cleveland Protests
Protesters, onlookers, and police from around the country converged in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Immigration Advocates Speak Out in Cleveland
At a convention marked by anti-immigrant sentiment, organizers gathered for a “Wall Off Trump” demonstration and pledged to boost Latino voter turnout in 2016.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Q&A: Liberal and Conservative Campaign-Finance Reformers Unite in Cleveland
As the Republican National Convention in Cleveland unfolded, a liberal former investment manager and a former Republican campaign director stood together to call for campaign-finance reforms.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Cleveland Protests Begin on Peaceful Note
Cleveland’s historically aggressive police force, under a consent decree from the Justice Department, is on alert—but so far, protests by residents and local activists have remained peaceful and calm.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
LGBT Coalition Joins Calls to Stop Immigration Raids
The Obama administration faces mounting pressure from increasingly diverse quarters to halt the practice of controversial raids to deport undocumented immigrants. The latest group to join the chorus of those demanding an end to the recent raids is a coalition of three-dozen lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender groups, which sent a letter Thursday to Homeland […]
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Q&A: How to Slash Emissions While Creating Jobs
In his new book Greening the Global Economy, economist Robert Pollin argues that that investing in renewable energy will both fight global warming and boost employment worldwide.
Posted inEducation in America
The Mizzou Scandal Shows Why Black Colleges Are Still Vital
University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s resignation Monday underscores how even in 2015, majority-white institutions remain potentially unsafe places for black students. The events leading up to Wolfe’s resignation-the racist verbal assaults on campus, the swastika written in feces in a residential hall, and ultimately the administration’s inadequate response to students’ concerns-are all too familiar […]