by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 25, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is giving a firm thumbs down to the idea of giving corporations that shelter profits overseas a deep tax break if they bring those profits back into the U.S. and devote a sliver of those profits to buying bonds for highway and public...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 25, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The long-term unemployed got some renewed attention finally on Tuesday with the announcement that a Republican and a Democratic senator are teaming up on a revival of extended benefits for people who have not been able to find work after 26 weeks. It's about time,...
by Emily DiVito | Jun 24, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
“The American high school classes graduating this year will be the last ones ever that are majority white,” Ronald Brownstein, Editorial Director of Atlantic Media, reminded us in his opening remarks today at the National Journal’s panel on “The Next America: Making...
by Editors | Jun 24, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Almost 50 million Americans live below the governmental poverty line today – with 16 million among them being children. Roughly one in seven adults and one in five children suffer from the challenges of poverty. Two out of three Americans will live in poverty at some...
by Editors | Jun 23, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Joanne, a food service worker at the federal Ronald Reagan Building near the White House, took time off from her job Monday to join fellow federal contractor employees at a protest outside the Smithsonian National Zoo. As she explained her monthly budget, it was clear...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 20, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
We've already written about the American pharmaceutical company that plans to merge with an Irish drug company so that it will have a way to shield its profits from U.S. taxes. That company, Medtronic, would still be an American company and would still use American...
