by Terrance Heath | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
This is not your country. Nor is it mine. That we were born here, along with our forebears hardly matters. This has been the message of the Tea Party since its incorporation — and of conservatism itself for more than a generation — to anyone who doesn't'...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Conservative policies have propelled us into a global race to the bottom. Conservatives can take pride: we're winning! "Free trade" -- moving factories across borders to evade the protections of democracy that generations of Americans fought for -- pits exploited...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Here's another reason to vote in the mid-term elections this November: Conservatives think you need a pay cut. As I've said once or twice before, conservatives' bottom line message is simple: America has economic problems because too many people have had it good for...
by Bill Scher | Oct 4, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
2010 is similar to 1994 in that Americans are frustrated with the pace of economic recovery, and out-of-power conservatives appear to be more energized than progressives conflicted about compromises. But there are two big differences between the 2010 midterm elections...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Does the corporate-sponsored Tea Party speak for you? Or are we One Nation, Working Together? One Nation Working Together For Jobs, Justice and Education for All. How can you not agree with that? How can you not demand that Washington hear this, and get going on...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
What do you say to a person with a story like the one of suburban Seattle resident Patricia Reid, the unemployed 57-year-old profiled in The New York Times on Monday? ...[F]our years after losing her job she cannot, in her darkest moments, escape a nagging thought:...
