by Emily Foster | Jun 4, 2015 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
When former Maryland governor and current presidential candidate Martin O’Malley spoke on Wednesday to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, he became the second Democratic presidential candidate to come out forcefully on the campaign trail against fast-track trade...
by Emily Foster | May 29, 2015 | Education
Brody El-Achi, a rising junior at American University in Washington, D.C., is struggling with sky-high tuition while facing a static job market with stagnant wages. And he’s wondering if the struggle is worth it. "The fact that I have to pay over $230,000 for four...
by Emily Foster | May 21, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
This week the nation’s second-largest city made immense strides in combating poverty and wealth inequality. The Los Angeles City Council approved by 14 to 1 legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which would provide a necessary income increase to more...
by Emily Foster | May 19, 2015 | Education, Tax Reform
In Norway, students go to college tuition-free. In Denmark, students are even paid to go to higher education. In the U.S., college students currently face more than $1.2 trillion of education debt. If the United States wants to boost its middle class and rebuild its...
by Emily Foster | May 18, 2015 | Populism2015, Populist Majority
While well-heeled conservatives watched Republican presidential candidates make their pitches for support in an Iowa convention hall at the GOP's Lincoln Dinner on Saturday, grassroots progressives gathered in a much less lavish college auditorium to discuss pressing...
