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Dems Seek To Pressure Boehner on Immigration Sen. Chuck Schumer suggests using a discharge petition to force House vote on immigration. NYT: "[Schumer] accused House Republicans of trying to 'sweep this issue under the rug,' and added, 'In the next few months you’re...
No Fast Track To TPP: Fix NAFTA First
We have to stop fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Then we should take the momentum from that to demand Congress and President Obama instead fix NAFTA first.
10 Reasons To Call For More Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage
There are strong arguments for raising the minimum wage even more than $10.10 an hour – perhaps considerably more – than is currently being discussed, and the independent left should be making them.
What Obama Should Order Next: Paycheck Fairness
One of the barriers to equal pay for women is the lack of available information about pay scales. Employers don’t publish the data, and in many companies employees can be fired for asking. Here's how President Obama can change that.
How Much More Proof Do We Need?
West Virginia is dealing with another coal-related toxic spill, and people are finding out the hard way about the real dangers of fossil fuels. This is the third coal-related spill in a single month. How much more evidence do we need ?
Excuse To Block Jobless Benefits Not Only Disgraceful, But Dumb
Sens. Dan Coats and Rob Portman joined a filibuster of emergency jobless benefits because they could not attach a provision that would force recipients for take any job that was offered, no matter how low-paying or demeaning.
Why Cupid Seems to Be Missing More Often
On Valentine's Day and every other, those arrows aren't hitting their lovelorn targets the way they once did. The reason? New research is pointing to our unconscionable – and still growing – economic divide.
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Executive Order Kicks Off Broader Minimum Wage Push "Obama launches fresh effort on minimum wage as part of populist election message" reports W. Post: "...Obama signed an executive order hiking the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 from $7.25 starting...
It's 2.13: On Valentine's Eve, Give Tipped Workers Some Love
There is a strong likelihood that the server of your Friday evening Valentine’s dinner would not be able to purchase a gallon of milk with the money coming that hour solely from his or her employer.
It's Official: Federal Contractors Must Pay A Fair Minimum Wage
President Obama today signs an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. The order will also raise the "tipped" minimum wage to $4.90 from $2.13 an hour.
