by Terrance Heath | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Did you know that Washington, DC is the 9th most expensive American city to live in? Did you also know that thousands of private sector workers whose jobs are supported by taxpayer dollars don't earn enough to live in the city where they work? Tomorrow, those workers...
by Terrance Heath | May 17, 2013 | Blog
For weeks, I've been writing that the movement to increase the minimum wage near you. Next week, however, that movement will arrive in my own back yard. Low-wage workers organized by Good Jobs Nation are coming to Washington, DC to rally for living wages, on Tuesday,...
by Terrance Heath | May 16, 2013 | Blog
It's official. Minimum wage workers going on strike is no longer a mere trend. It's a movement. Not that there was ever any doubt, after minimum wage workers in the fast food and retail sectors of major cities like New York City, Chicago, St.Louis, and Detroit walked...
by Terrance Heath | May 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I wrote about how obstructionist Republican tactics are hollowing out our government, hobbling its agencies, and diminishing its responsiveness to the needs and concerns of ordinary Americans. Nowhere is this more apparent than in our court system, where...
by Terrance Heath | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Republicans in Congress have a new tactic for shrinking government: making sure that nobody's there to run it. Well into the president's second term, an alarming and unprecedented number of vital positions in every branch of government remain vacant. As Republicans...
