View image | gettyimages.com Democrats unveiled their latest proposal to increase the minimum wage yesterday, and it shows not just how quickly the party’s consensus has moved on this issue, but what activists can accomplish by changing the terms of debate. We don’t know exactly when a bill to raise the minimum wage will pass […]
Working in America
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The Wealth Problem
Aspiring to own a home and pursue an education are quintessentially American ideals. It’s time to make those dreams accessible again.
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Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Opposition to granting the president fast-track authority is growing among Democrats. The former secretary of state could seize the moment.
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Pity the Purist in the GOP Primaries (A Tear for Bobby Jindal)
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What We Know Now
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Obama’s Trade Agreements Are a Gift to Corporations
Trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership are about dismantling critical regulations on health, safety, labor, and the environment.Â
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Faculty Join Fast Food in the Fight for $15
On campuses across the country, adjunct professors are starting to organize against rock-bottom pay and tenuous job security.Â
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Federal Contract Workers and the Fight For a Living Wage
How your tax dollars are creating millions of underpaid jobs—and how workers are fighting back.Â
