by Dave Johnson | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
In a surprise move, fast food workers in New York City walked out to strike for better pay. Like Walmart workers a week ago, they are joining the fight to change our economy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYyp89dCE8[/youtube] Fast-food workers are...
by Stan Collender | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. I first posted about the budget dilemma Hurricane Sandy presented to congressional Republicans in general and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on October 31. At that time I said there were three questions: First, how much...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog
An extremist website called World Net Daily says that the Campaign For America's Future, where I am a Senior Fellow, is "radical." They're worked up about our Wage Class War website, which documents 2012's successful class-based political campaigns and promotes this...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog
House Speaker Boehner and Senate Minority leader each claimed this week that higher taxes on the wealthy will cause the "job creators" to cut jobs and "hurt growth." The Heritage Foundation makes specific claims about how this will happen. Let's take a look. The...
by Bernie Sanders | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog
There has been a lot of discussion about Congress enacting a “grand bargain” during the lame duck session of Congress. Many members of Congress have talked about using the plan put forward by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles as an outline for a “balanced” approach to...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
In the campaign Romney and Republicans promised to crack down on China's currency manipulation on the "first day." Yesterday the Obama administration again declined to label China as a currency manipulator, giving House Repubicans the opportunity to follow through on...
