by Robert Borosage | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Pressure for a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year is building. Even minor tremors in the stock market are treated as auguries of the panic that will attend a failure to act. A multi-million dollar campaign funded by Wall Street...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog, Education, The Sequester
Public education's fiscal cliff already happened. The "austerity bomb" Paul Krugman warns us of in the New York Times was already dropped on public schools at least two years ago. And what impact the sequestration has on education is, in comparison, a ground assault....
by Dave Johnson | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
In a surprise move, fast food workers in New York City walked out to strike for better pay. Like Walmart workers a week ago, they are joining the fight to change our economy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYyp89dCE8[/youtube] Fast-food workers are...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 27, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
There is a crack in Walmart's anti-union wall. There were demonstrations by workers and their supporters at more than 1000 Walmart stores on Black Friday. Walmart workers have taken the first step, raising awareness; in state after state Walmart workers have been...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 26, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Americans today can take more than inspiration from the struggles against plutocracy that progressives waged years ago. They can take a host of still relevant — and cutting-edge — policy proposals. Our contemporary billionaires, most Americans would agree, are...
by Digby | Nov 26, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Just this: You’ve heard the story many times: Supposedly, any day now investors will lose faith in America’s ability to come to grips with its budget failures. When they do, there will be a run on Treasury bonds, interest rates will spike, and the U.S. economy will...
