by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Servitude: "a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life" Democracy: "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about what he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as ever. One year ago I listed ten quotes by Dr....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 12, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Former Campaign for America's Future staffer Anne Thompson got a scoop this past weekend when she asked presidential candidate Mitt Romney about his position on the minimum wage, and he responded by saying he supported indexing the minimum wage "so it adjusts...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 5, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Bachmann is gone. Perry was out, then back in, and is filing briefs in Virginia. Having tumbled from front-runner to fourth place, Newt stormed out of Iowa, heading for New Hampshire to prepare for the next round. After "winning" the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney is now...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 27, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
In the iconic Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” an angel offers the beleaguered main character, George Bailey, the stark choice between a hometown named for a cruel banker or one created by and for the middle class. The banker’s town, Pottersville, is filled...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Education, Minimum Wage
When you call yourself a "historian," you create the implication that you can speak authoritatively about, well, history. But last Friday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich defied that common sense. Speaking at one of America's top institutions of...
