by Isaiah J. Poole | May 20, 2013 | Blog
I got my first job while I was in high school through a small community organization run by Willie J. Hardy, a community activist (and later D.C. City Council member) who operated out of what legendary Washington Post writer William Raspberry described as a "tiny,...
by Richard Eskow | May 19, 2013 | Blog
The day may come when the worst nightmare a crooked banker or compromised regulator can have begins with the words, "You have a letter from Senator Warren." But before we get to that, here's an experience that may seem familiar: You’re at a party or family...
by Richard Eskow | May 18, 2013 | Blog
These days the economic news reads like some strange collaboration between John Steinbeck and Eugene Ionesco, a mashup of The Grapes of Wrath and The Bald Soprano. Grim statistics of poverty, lost hope, and widespread tragedy - the stuff of human reality - are...
by Dave Johnson | May 17, 2013 | Blog
The Senate is getting ready to vote on five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). They should confirm the whole package and get the NLRB functioning again. They are also voting on several other nominees from judges to cabinet positions. If Republicans...
by Terrance Heath | May 17, 2013 | Blog
For weeks, I've been writing that the movement to increase the minimum wage near you. Next week, however, that movement will arrive in my own back yard. Low-wage workers organized by Good Jobs Nation are coming to Washington, DC to rally for living wages, on Tuesday,...
by Terrance Heath | May 16, 2013 | Blog
It's official. Minimum wage workers going on strike is no longer a mere trend. It's a movement. Not that there was ever any doubt, after minimum wage workers in the fast food and retail sectors of major cities like New York City, Chicago, St.Louis, and Detroit walked...
