by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"We knew the tech industry was booming, but we weren't seeing that translate into an abundance of jobs for our communities - until we looked at the low-wage jobs in contracting industries. Those are growing fast, just like tech profits are. It's no wonder that one in...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Democracy
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has reversed what was the expected outcome of one of the most important cases facing the Supreme Court, demonstrating the importance of who is and is not on the court. The case, Friedrichs vs. California Teachers...
by Burning Issues Video | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/RwMejx5-ftY[/fve] Daniel Kalik, the chief of staff at J Street, a progressive Jewish "pro-peace" organization, discusses which 2016 presidential candidate is best positioned to help Israel and the Palestinians reach a peace agreement. J Street...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 29, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
“I've said if the big banks don't play by the rules, I will break them up.” Hillary Clinton Our nation’s largest and most powerful banks have repeatedly engaged in widespread fraud, causing both individual suffering and a recession that millions of Americans are still...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Trade
On Monday, yet another "elite" pundit tells us that moving our jobs and factories and manufacturing ecosystem out of the country is good for us. This time it is Neil Irwin writing at the New York Times' Upshot, "The Trade Deficit Isn’t a Scorecard, and Cutting It...
by Bill Scher | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Tenacity and flexibility is helping California workers get a raise. Despite labor activists having won an hourly minimum wage increase to $10 in the state three years ago, and despite the reluctance for another raise from Gov. Jerry Brown, a compromise between the...
