by Pascal Brixel | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog
Picture a state with a government so dysfunctional that it goes for an entire year without a full operating budget. How can we possibly make progress in a state like Illinois? Answer: Begin by organizing the counties, and aim audaciously yet strategically high. The...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog
Trade agreements can be used to boost prosperity on all sides of trade borders by increasing business opportunities, raising wages and increasing choices. Or they can be used to concentrate corporate power, cutting wages and choices. Guess which model our country's...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog
How much does it take to get by where you live? A new report concludes that current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour doesn’t come close, anywhere in the United States. It takes more than $15 per hour to earn a living wage in most states. When you throw in the...
by Miles Mogulescu | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
Last spring I visited with progressive lion Tom Hayden for the last time at his comfortable, but modest, west Los Angeles home. We chatted about the elections and the future of the progressive and anti-war movements, even as he was recovering from a stroke. As a...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
"An order that creates a culture of legal compliance could have a transformative impact on American industry." George Faraday, Legal and Policy Director at Good Jobs Nation Truck drivers and warehouse workers working for federal contractors at the Port of Los Angeles...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
“Make me.” That’s how Donald Trump responded during the last debate when Hillary Clinton pointed out that he failed to use American steel to construct the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. Trump used Chinese steel. So he created jobs for Chinese workers. Not American...
