Minimum Wage

Calling Bad Business Good

The World Bank should get a failing grade for its rankings of countries that violate workers' rights. more »


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A Progressive Message Resonates

There is more proof in the past 24 hours that a majority of the public is siding with progressives on the war in Iraq and on the economy.

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Blindness: Your Letters

From the veil to the environment, from Obama to oversight: Readers decry lack of vision in this week's letters. more »

The Globalization Excuse

Lower pay overseas is a straw man; America can afford a living wage. more »

Needed: Workplace Democracy

Reviving unions is key to reviving the middle class and creating a more ideal workplace. more »

The Progressive Future Is Now

By moving on universal health care and minimun wage, states are showing that progressive goals are not impossible. more »

The Day The System Worked

For once, Democrats and moderate Republicans stood up to cynical election-year politics and faced down the leadership. more »

Republican Jokers Wild

The right stacks the deck in several ways to make the game unfair for all. more »

Tax Cut Makes Women Pay

Linking an estate tax cut to a minimum wage hike would hurt women and families. more »


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Minimum Wage Gamesmanship

The latest House Republican game was nakedly plain for all to see by mid-afternoon Friday, and yet House GOP leaders played along as if they honestly believed people would not see more »

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