by Editors | Nov 7, 2014 | Democracy
Elise Scott understands voter suppression. She’s seen it first-hand, growing up in the south in the 1960s. “New voters had to be identified by two registered voters,” she recalled in an interview this week. “My father could not find two white men to identify him....
by Editors | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Populist Majority
The “Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service released this week by the Harvard Institute of Politics seems to send a simple, direct image: Democrats, you have lost the support of millennials. But the tragedy of this poll is that it...
by Editors | Oct 23, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Gender Justice
An Associated Press-GfK poll published this week indicates that women are shifting to favor the Republican party. “Women have moved in the GOP’s direction since September,” the AP reported. Just a month ago, 47 percent of female likely voters favored a...
by Editors | Sep 11, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision
Amidst the lack of action on raising the minimum wage at the federal level, a vibrant city on the West coast has taken lead: Seattle. Just this June, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to increase the city’s minimum wage to reach $15 an hour by 2017. On...
by Editors | Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
The Heritage Foundation released a new Issue Brief this week: “Higher Fast-Food Wages: Higher Fast Food Prices”. Author James Sherk claims that if the minimum wage in the fast-food industry were to increase to $15 an hour, “the average fast-food restaurant would have...
