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Minimum Wage Executive Order A Win for 500,000 Workers
The new executive order will raise the wages of contract workers who are currently being paid less than $10.10 an hour. This victory is a testament to workers who took the risk and went on strike again and again for higher wages.
On Key Progressive Policies, Obama Has A Mandate
The latest polling shows President Obama wins, and Democrats in Congress will win, with a progressive populist economic agenda. And they need not shy away from highlighting Republican obstruction and wrong-headed priorities.
Progressive Breakfast
Minimum Wage Center Stage in SOTU Minimum wage centerpiece of 2014 agenda. CNN: "[President Obama] asked Congress to get on board with a Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum to $10.10 per hour. But he also urged everyone from companies to small businesses,...
What Could Be Wrong With 'School Choice'?
All the parental choice in the world is useless without the guarantee to the availability of good schools everywhere for all students. Until leaders start fighting for that, proclamations for "school choice" will ring hollow.
Give America A Raise: Obama's State of the Union
President Obama's SOTU called on the Congress and corporations to give Americans a raise. The president challenged Republican obstruction. But he seems to think the economic crisis is behind us. That won't be an easy sell.
The State of the Union: Give America A Raise
The president's State of the Union address drew clear lines against Republican obstruction. But the president also suggested that the economic crisis was behind us. He'll have a hard time selling that.
So Long, Pete, It's Been Good to Know You
Pete Seeger knew that what comes first is the poetic reality, the musical reality, the realities of the heart. The heart must be inspired by the beauty of the dream. And the beauty of the dream is the cadence of the song.
Obama Delivers Minimum Wage Increase For Federal Contractors
President Obama will announce a big raise to more than a million low-wage employees of federal contractors. This will provide a boost to between 1 and 2 million workers, but also a boost to their local economies.
Are 'Globalization's' Costs Inevitable?
We have been in a "global" world since the first camel crossed a border or the first sailing ship crossed a sea. Why does a "flattened world" mean we have to lower wages and pollution standards now?
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Won't Wait On Minimum Wage President to announce executive order, raising minimum wage for federal contract workers. W. Post: "...he will use his executive power to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for workers on new government contracts ... An...
