by Robert Borosage | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to raise the minimum wage of workers in America’s second largest city to $15 an hour. The minimum will rise in increments,...
by Robert Borosage | May 13, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
On a sunlit lawn in front of the nation’s Capitol yesterday, an impressive array of progressive legislators, union and civil rights leaders and public scholars lined up to sign onto New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Progressive Agenda,” a brief platform on income...
by Robert Borosage | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the famous New Democrat who clashed with progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and blocked his pledge to raise the minimum wage in New York City, now writes in the New York Times that fast food workers need a raise. ...
by Robert Borosage | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
“Patriotism," as Samuel Johnson warned, "is the last refuge for a scoundrel.” As the administration has ratcheted up the pressure to pass fast track authority that will grease the skids for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)accords, it increasingly invokes national...
by Robert Borosage | May 1, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Tweeting that “America needs a political revolution,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders threw himself Thursday into the race for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Sanders is in many ways the mirror image of Hillary Clinton, the favored candidate in the race. She...
