by Dave Johnson | Jun 21, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The minimum wage has not been raised in forever – more and more people are falling behind. A few are getting fabulously wealthy from this arrangement. The Progressive Caucus held a Netroots Nation event today to launch the kickoff of their “Raise Up America” Campaign....
by Robert Borosage | Jun 20, 2013 | Minimum Wage
Can the economy recover if workers don't? Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke yesterday suggested as much, but investors were clearly skittish. Bernanke announced that while the Fed would continue its extraordinary measures to prop up the economy, the end might be in...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 20, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
The clock is ticking. Without action by Congress student loan rates double at the end of the month -- less than two weeks. If you don't want student loan rates to go up or even double, contact your member of Congress today. Please click this link and call your two...
by Jane Yurechko | Jun 18, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
The clock is ticking on student loan interest rates. The rates for federally-backed student Stafford loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1. And what has Congress done to help these already struggling students? Absolutely nothing. Student debt now...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 6, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
The Senate on Thursday, in a real sense, filibustered the future. A Republican minority set themselves up as a roadblock against college students struggling to pay for their education and establish financial stability. A narrow, 51-vote majority in the Senate...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 5, 2013 | Financial Reform, Student Debt Relief
The U.S. Congress votes readily to subsidize the big banks to our peril. The Congress lavishes subsidies to Big Oil to our shame. Congress allows Big Pharma to help health care costs bankrupt us. But Republican senators Lamar Alexander, Tom Coburn and Richard Burr say...
