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The Fed Should Wait For Wages To Rise
Fed Chair Janet Yellen is expected on Wednesday to announce the latest verdict on if, and perhaps when, interest rates will begin to rise. The answer should be: when workers' wages rise.
Who's The Real Populist In This Presidential Campaign?
In the early stages of any presidential campaign, the race for money is accompanied by an “ideas primary.” What’s striking about the salad days of the 2016 race is that populism is leading the ideas primary of both parties.
Justice Gets Delivered To FedEx Workers
The company will pay $277 million to resolve the claims of workers who were victims of worker misclassification – bossed around like employees, but without the rights and benefits of an employee.
Progressive Breakfast
Fast Trackers Grope For Way Out WH, GOP try to revive fast track. NYT: "...House Republicans took steps Monday night to give Speaker John A. Boehner until the end of July to try again ... Republicans were also exploring whether it would be possible to advance the...
Sea Change: Citizens Beat Wall Street And Multinationals In Congress
If we keep fighting we can start to come up with a new economic agenda that works for all of us, not just for a few. We can demand a real debate over how our country should do business.
Here's Another Great Thing From The Agency Mitch McConnell Wants to Kill
New rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will end practices that lead to black, Latino and women car buyers paying more for cars than white males with the same credit rating.
Calls Mount For A National Moratorium On Charter Schools
Government officials for years have pledged to make public education more accountable. Yet that accountability didn't seem to apply to charter schools. A coalition of organizations now says this has to stop.
Seven Things You Should Know About Jeb Bush
In an attempt to revive his already-faltering campaign for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, Jeb Bush has officially announced his candidacy. Here’s what you should know about Dubya’s younger brother.
That 'T-HUD' You Didn't Hear: 5 GOP Knocks Against People's Priorities
Here are five examples, in just one of the 12 appropriations bills moving through the House, of how Republicans in Congress continue their assault on the basics we need for shared economic prosperity.
Scott Walker: Stadium Socialist
Walker is beginning to lose conservatives over his support for $250 million in taxpayer funds on a new basketball stadium benefiting the billionaire owners of the Milwaukee Bucks, who don't even live in the state.
