by Terrance Heath | Sep 17, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
Some Republicans now think it's a "moral hazard" to feed the poor. It's bad enough that Republicans are proposing $40 billion in cuts to food stamps, but portray it as a moral act beggars belief. Earlier this summer, Rep. Steve Fincher (R-Tenn.) quoted the...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 13, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
Ronald Brownstein, at the National Journal, has crunched numbers and demographic trends to explain why the GOP can't win by pinning all its hopes on white voters. Brownstein's work raises an important question: Can the GOP craft an economic message that keeps white...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 5, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America, Minimum Wage
If you're like millions of Americans, Labor Day was an actual holiday. While you enjoyed a day off, Labor Day was just another workday for many of the low-wage workers who went on strike for livable wages in over 60 cities last week. According to a survey from...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 29, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, The Unfinished March
Update: This morning, I wrote that fast food workers were expected to walk off their jobs in 35 cities today. They've done way more than that. Fast food workers in 60 cities walked off the job today, in the biggest strike ever to hit the $200 billion dollar fast food...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 26, 2013 | The Unfinished March
On Saturday, thousands came to Washington, to walk in the footsteps of those who came to the capital 50 years ago, for the "March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom." The event became an iconic moment for the African-American civil rights movement and set the mold for...
