by Jeff Bryant | May 21, 2015 | Blog, Education
The disturbing death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore while in police custody, and the ensuing riots after news of his death spread, have continued to prompt countless analyses of the chronic problems in our nation’s urban centers. My colleague Terrance Heath correctly...
by Terrance Heath | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
In the largest protest of its kind, thousands of McDonald’s employees stormed the company’s headquarters today to demand that it stop spending millions manipulating stock prices, and start paying workers a living wage. McDonald’s cashiers and cooks came to the...
by Dave Johnson | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
On a Wednesday press call Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown complained that the Senate leadership is "rushing" through a vote on "fast track" trade promotion authority – a procedure that in essence preapproves trade deals before the public can know what is in them. He said they...
by Robert Borosage | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to raise the minimum wage of workers in America’s second largest city to $15 an hour. The minimum will rise in increments,...
by Richard Eskow | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Some leading Democrats seem to have a love-hate relationship with the left. Sure, progressives seem to have more influence than ever in the party this year, at least rhetorically. But it doesn’t look like the friction will be going away any time soon. President Obama...
by Dave Johnson | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
In April we saw the largest-ever strike against the fast-food industry. There were walkouts in 236 cities, including strikes and protests in 40 countries. Now on Wednesday we will see the largest-ever workers' protests at the McDonald's shareholder meeting in Oak...
