by Dave Johnson | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
In case you were wondering why it is so hard for regular working people to get ahead in our economy, look no further than today's Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court decision. In the usual 5-4 pattern, the corporate-conservatives on the Supreme Court struck another blow...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The free market made us do it. Ask members of any American corporate board of directors why they pay their CEO so much and you’ll get some variation on this market-inevitability theme. To compete effectively in the world economy, Corporate America’s argument goes, we...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 27, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Populist Majority
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has a bridge he's trying to sell Kentuckians, and a poll released Friday says that by an overwhelming margin state residents aren't buying it. More precisely, what McConnell is trying to sell is a way to pay for an overhaul of...
by Editors | Jun 27, 2014 | Education, Jobs and Growth
An African-American millennial on average needs to have an associate’s degree in order to have the same chance of being employed as a white person who only has a high school diploma. This fact is simply shocking. Only 74 percent of black high school graduates have...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 27, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth
Washington is wading into another debate over extending unemployment insurance benefits. Meanwhile, millions of jobless Americans are waiting for our elected leaders to finally get around to focusing on jobs. Donna McDonald, of Chicago, Illinois is one of those...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
An effort to move forward legislation in the Senate to pay for national transportation projects stalled today because Senate Republicans are insisting on spending cuts to match the funds we need to fix our roads, bridges and public transit. It's more proof that...
