by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
While construction of other high-speed rail lines around the country has been blocked, California's line between San Francisco and Los Angeles is actually getting built. This single project is triggering a lot of potential American hiring. As it proceeds, we should...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog, Education
Is forcing every child to take annual standardized tests in reading and math a civil rights issue? That certainly seems to be one of the questions most in consideration in Washington, since deliberations began on how to rewrite the federal government's most...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Climate
What do the executives who run money-losing companies make? Millions of dollars if they’re coal overlords. Take Gregory Boyce. He’s pocketed more than $60 million over the past nine years while steering Peabody Energy into a ditch. Shares in Peabody, the world’s...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Financial Reform, Jobs and Growth
Contract talks between the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal Service for a new contract start Thursday. Along with asking for fair wages and benefits, the APWU wants improvements in customer services, including postal banking. “There are two...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Economy
We talk a good game about opportunity in this country, but here are three signs that we're failing to provide young people a fair shot at prosperity. Sign #1: People typically achieve most of their earnings gain in the first 10 years of employment. A new study from...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism
On Monday, a tanker train carrying more than 3 million gallons of oil derailed in Fayette County, West Virginia, just outside of Montgomery. Nineteen tanker cars, each carrying up to 30,000 gallons of crude oil, left the track and caught fire, setting off an explosion...
