The five most important takeaways from the experiments in Iowa and Arkansas
Poverty & Wealth
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The Fed Stays the Course
Is the Board’s surprise decision to continue purchasing bonds to drive down interest rates good or bad policy for regular Americans? It’s both.
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Time to Give America a Raise
The Labor Department and California raise the wages of the working poor—how about we extend the good news nationwide?
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A Long Way from the End of Men
New numbers from the Census Bureau show how tough this country is on women.
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Homeowners vs. Big Bad Banks
Those defrauded by Bank of America aren’t allowed to file a collective complaint, thanks to a 2011 Supreme Court ruling.
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Is a Lack of Hope Killing Poor White Women?
“For every member of every group in every race that doesn’t graduate from high school, the past 18 years have been devastating,” Monica Potts said on Melissa Harris-Perry’s show this weekend. “The jobs available to them don’t pay very well … they don’t provide a ladder to the middle class. Something about that, something about […]
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Proof the Left Coast Is the Best Coast?
Last week, California raised its minimum wage, authorized driver’s licenses for the undocumented, and saw its GOP back immigration reform. Can any of this spread east?Â
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Trumka’s Ploy
How the AFL-CIO president proposed revolution in order to get reform
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Larry Summers and the Economists’ “Greed Exception”
Why do we assume those who study money cannot be corrupted by it?
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Upper East Side Snubs de Blasio
The most impressive aspect of Bill de Blasio’s victory in yesterday’s Democratic primary for the post of New York’s mayor is its breadth. He ran first in all the boroughs, carried parts of the city ‘s most African American neighborhoods in Harlem and Brooklyn, despite the presence of a prominent African American candidate in the […]
