Senator Elizabeth Warren recently warned that minority families and businesses continue to suffer disproportionately from the lingering effects of the Great Recession and called on the country’s banks to step up to assist local communities. Warren noted that most Americans experienced severe hardships during the economic downturn. “In 2013, the median income of white households […]
Isaac Park
Isaac Park is an editorial intern at the Prospect.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
New Yorkers Clamor to Vote in Primaries
Remember when Ben Carson was the frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary? Or when Bernie Sanders consistently failed to poll above 30 percent against Hillary Clinton? Or when Nate Silver assured us that Trump’s collapse was inevitable? All this described the state of the presidential race about six months ago-around the same time that voters […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
New Yorkers Clamor to Vote in Primaries
Remember when Ben Carson was the frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary? Or when Bernie Sanders consistently failed to poll above 30 percent against Hillary Clinton? Or when Nate Silver assured us that Trump’s collapse was inevitable? All this described the state of the presidential race about six months ago-around the same time that voters […]
Posted inEducation in America
Chicago Teachers Join with Fight for 15 and Black Lives Matter in One-Day Strike
Labor leaders and activists unite in opposition to funding cuts, and see a broader fight against anti-union measures pushed by the state’s Republican governor.
Posted inWorking in America
Legislative Primary May Help Tighten Democrats’ Supermajority in Illinois
Illinois Democrats’ ability to thwart Republican Governor Bruce Rauner’s right-wing, union-busting agenda has just been enhanced by the defeat of a state representative who regularly broke party ranks on key union votes. Incumbent state representative Ken Dunkin, a Democrat whose defections on key votes often thwarted the party’s slim supermajority in the house, lost by […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Clinton Wins Illinois, but Chicago Feels the Bern
Hillary Clinton carried Illinois, swept through three other states, and kept Bernie Sanders at bay in a too-close-to-call race in Missouri. But Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who endorsed Clinton, cannot revel in the presumptive Democratic nominee’s home state victory anytime soon. Instead, he will face questions about the blowout defeat of the incumbent Cook County […]
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Illinois Governor Pushes Anti-Labor Agenda Amid Budget Standoff
Bruce Rauner’s slate of labor-busting measures has touched off a lengthy budget impasse in Springfield.
Posted inEducation in America
Illinois Universities Face Closures, Layoffs as State Budget Impasse Continues
As lawmakers in Springfield fail to pass a 2016 budget, college students are “being held hostage.”
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Oregon Militia Standoff Spotlights Federal-Tribal Quandary over Artifacts
Leaders of Oregon’s Paiute tribe are demanding that authorities investigate whether the armed occupiers have stolen or damaged any of the protected artifacts housed at the wildlife refuge.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Report: Gender Wage Gap Shrinks Because Men Earn Less
The wage gap between men and women is finally starting to close-but only because male wages are falling, according to a new briefing paper released Tuesday by the Economic Policy Institute. “No one in this country should work full-time and live in poverty,” said Massachsetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren at a Capitol Hill press conference […]