by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
In his remarks at the Summit on Jobs & America's Future, Van Jones summed up the GOP agenda: "They want to repeal the last century." As the GOP declares war on regulations that protect workers, the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 24, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
You hear it all the time, these days. Tea baggers, militia members and various other conservatives all that to "take their country back." My usual response was to ask just how far back they want to go. I used to think I knew. It turns out, I had my time...
by Steven Capozzola | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
ABC World News has been running segments this week about the importance of buying American-made products. In addition to their reality-TV-style experiment of refurbishing a suburban Dallas home with only Made-in-USA goods, news anchor Diane Sawyer pointed out...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 9, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
"Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him." poet Carl Wendell Hines wrote of Martin Luther King Jr., after his assassination. Ronald Reagan has been "safely dead" for just under seven years, but the economic impact of his policies remain with...
by Bill Scher | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Conservative lawmakers in South Dakota think they've found a brilliant way to provide that the provision in the health reform law requiring most everyone to obtain insurance is unconstitutional. The Argus-Leader reports: Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution, Rick Perlstein
The celebration of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday doesn't come until early March, but the devotions have been going on for years. For conservatives, Reagan is the lodestar, the genial demigod to whom all must avow fealty. In a Time cover story, Michael Scherer and...
