by Terrance Heath | Aug 29, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, The Unfinished March
Update: This morning, I wrote that fast food workers were expected to walk off their jobs in 35 cities today. They've done way more than that. Fast food workers in 60 cities walked off the job today, in the biggest strike ever to hit the $200 billion dollar fast food...
by Chris Shillig | Aug 28, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
“Nobody got shot, eh?” he asked, explaining that stories about Mexico as a modern-day Wild West originate in towns just south of the U.S. border, about 27 hours away from the Caribbean beach where we stood. After all, he noted sadly, we had seen the people of the...
by Stan Collender | Aug 28, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
As I've said before, I'm calling the end of this year's debate two things: budget bedlam and "#cliffgate." No matter which name you use, it will begin when Congress returns to Washington next week. There will be only 9 legislative days before fiscal 2014 starts on...
by Alexis McGill Johnson | Aug 27, 2013 | Democracy, Economy, Education
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington presents a critical opportunity for this nation and the African American community to redefine the 21st Century vision for racial justice and freedom. To succeed, this must be a collective vision focused on changing...
by Digby | Aug 26, 2013 | Economy, Financial Reform
This excerpt comes from a piece by Michael Winship on how much Washington has changed since the Nixon years. The social and cultural changes are quite striking. But this says it all: [T]he biggest difference between then and now, as the great Washington journalist...
by Stan Collender | Aug 26, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
Yes...The headline on this post is inflammatory and intended to attract eyeballs, visitors and clicks. It's also totally accurate. I'm posting this is because of this editorial in today's The New York Times that is both absolutely correct and incredibly naive when it...
