by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 28, 2017 | Jobs and Growth
President Trump on Tuesday night is expected to make what he told a meeting of governors on Monday would be "a big statement" on infrastructure spending. Democrats who have been fighting Trump fiercely on virtually every other issue have been eagerly awaiting an...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]https://youtu.be/l96myiBa16Y[/fve] At the beginning of the Obama administration, Democrats had control of the Congress and passed the "stimulus." Unfortunately only a third of that was for infrastructure work. Then Republicans in Congress obstructed every...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
President-elect Donald Trump promised during his campaign "more jobs and better wages." So on Wednesday several hundred workers gathered near the White House and challenged Trump to be true to his words. Speaking at the New York Economic Club in September, Donald...
by Julie Chinitz | Oct 25, 2016 | Education, Jobs and Growth
Fifteen dollars shouldn’t be too much to ask – or demand. In almost every state, a worker needs more than $15 an hour to make ends meet. Add in student debt, and the minimum living wage shoots up to $18.67 an hour nationally. A family with children needs significantly...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | Oct 14, 2016 | Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
Donald Trump’s campaign is sinking quickly, but GOP support for right-wing authoritarianism is still going strong – particularly in Maine. Days after the Republican presidential candidate suggested during a televised debate that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Should Democrats present themselves as fighters for a transformative economic vision, or as skilled managers whose job is to restore and maintain the status quo of the last several decades? The question came up again last week, when new economic data for 2015 was...
