by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
"I can't breathe." There is more to this chant – the haunting last words of Eric Garner before he died at the hands of New York City police that were echoed in demonstrations around the country Wednesday night – than a protest against the epidemic of police brutality...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Workers in as many as 190 cities around the country are expected on Thursday to demonstrate for a $15-an-hour wage, according to organizers, in what would be a dramatic escalation of the nationwide push to boost the wages of low-wage workers. This builds on the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 2, 2014 | Retirement Security
Republican Party, on January you'll control both houses of Congress and will want to show that you can use that control to actually get things done, and not just use it to hate on all things Obama. The opportunities to do that will be legion, but here's one thing on...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 1, 2014 | Tax Reform
There is a very specific reason why red-state voters should be rallying behind President Obama's veto threat last week against legislation that would make permanent a host of business tax breaks but would not do the same for tax breaks for workers. It turns out,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
Hillary Clinton invoked what she called the "vital center" in a speech before the New York Historical Society this past weekend as the place where most Americans want their politicians to be. But public opinion right now is actually tilted fairly leftward, according...
