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Misfortune 500: How One Economist Exposed a Dirty Corporate Secret
Economist William Lazonick is said to have "decoded the Rosetta Stone of America's economic decline" with his research on income inequality. Now he's predicting that things will get worse.
Memo To Civil Rights Activists: Testing Isn't Helping
The civil rights argument for annual testing continues to devolve into circular reasoning: that we need to test every poor black and brown child every year to see what their test scores are.
Progressive Breakfast
Walmart Goes To $10 An Hour Walmart raising its wages. NYT: "...all of its United States workers would earn at least $9 an hour by April and at least $10 by next February. Some labor advocates, however, who are demanding $15 an hour for service workers, called the...
Walmart Worker Victory Shows What We Can Win If We Keep Fighting
Credit goes to the campaigns launched by a number of grassroots organizations that for years have shone a light on the anti-worker policies that are endemic in big-box retailing, but especially Walmart.
King Coal Catches Black Lung
Richly rewarding failure is absurd. Yet it’s business as usual for King Coal as companies large and small hurtle toward bankruptcy. Without profits, the industry will eventually collapse. And that’s good environmental news.
A New Proposal For 'College For All'
The Center for American Progress weighs into the college affordability debate with a plan that would assure all students who want to go to college that they would have the financial aid they need to do so.
Progressive Breakfast
Greece Stalemate Continues Germany rejects Greece's request for loan extension. Bloomberg: "The Greek government is trying to agree bridge-financing without meeting the conditions of its existing rescue program, German Finance Ministry Spokesman Martin Jaeger said in...
Postal Workers And The Public Want A Postal Banking Public Option
Reviving America's Postal Banking system would help millions of people now being exploited by the predatory Payday Lending and check-cashing services industry.
Three Signs That Young Americans Are Getting a Raw Deal
Three signs add up to one stark reality: A nation that prides itself on being the land of opportunity is closing the avenues of advancement for an entire generation. Change will come only if we take action.
Why We Must Oppose The Coming Fed Interest Rate Hike [Video]
Economist Dean Baker explains the reasoning behind the effort to get organizations to endorse a petition calling on the Fed to back away from an interest rate hike that could drive up unemployment.
