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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.
Progressive Breakfast
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.
Transportation Funding Search Could Go Off Track
There are danger signs that an effort to open up more money for better roads and public transportation will reward the corporate tax-dodging the administration and a majority of Americans want to eliminate.
The Filibuster Against the Jobless: A Moral Disgrace
By a margin of one vote, a Republican filibuster blocked extension of aid to the long-term unemployed in the middle of the winter. Then the Senate adjourned for another vacation. This is a clear measure of who they are.
Trade Adjustment Assistance Won't Fix TPP
Advocates of the Trans-Pacific Partnership claim that trade adjustment assistance for displaced workers will make it OK for the people who lose their jobs. The record of "NAFTA-style" trade agreements says otherwise.
False Compromises In The Education Debate
Political disputes are supposed to be resolvable only when parties "meet in the middle" and agree. But with the issue of "education reform," only one of the disputing parties in the debate tends to be implored to seek compromise.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Surrender On Debt Limit House leadership surrenders on debt limit. AP: "Just 28 Republicans voted for the measure, including Boehner and his top lieutenants. But 193 Democrats more than compensated for the low support among Republicans. Senate Democrats...
GOP - Offset For Jobless: "Gimmick." Same Offset For Vets: "Aye!"
Last month, Republicans called offsetting the cost of extended unemployment insurance by extending the sequester a "gimmick." Now Republicans have voted to use that exact same gimmick to pay for something else.
