by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 6, 2014 | Minimum Wage
The opponents of an increase in the minimum wage say they speak for small business. Here's more proof that they don't. It comes from the organization Small Business Majority, in the form of a poll of 500 randomly selected small-business owners. Among those polled, 57...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 4, 2014 | Conservatism
Rep. Paul Ryan begins his analysis of the federal government's antipoverty efforts by repeating President Lyndon Johnson's call for "total victory" in an "unconditional war on poverty" and suggests we "figure out why we have yet to achieve the 'total victory' Johnson...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 3, 2014 | The 2015 Budget
House Speaker John Boehner has announced that Republicans plan to offer another budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chair, for fiscal 2015. Progressives should relish the opportunity to show what a real jobs and growth budget should look...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 28, 2014 | Minimum Wage
In a USA Today poll in January, close to three-quarters of Americans said that they would support an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. But even though a majority of Americans at least want this issue decided by Congress, House Speaker John Boehner won't...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 27, 2014 | Education
A collaboration between the group In the Public Interest and the American Federation of Teachers offers progressive education activists a new resource for pushing back against efforts to turn public schools into private profit centers. The "Cashing In On Kids" website...
