by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
Monday the House of Representatives passed the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (H.R. 2996) (RAMI). The RAMI bill, part of House Democrats' Make It In America jobs plan, was sponsored by Representatives Tom Reed (R-NY) and Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) in...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 16, 2014 | Progressive Vision
The New York Times informed us that Michael Brown was “no angel.” When being young and black is to be guilty until proven innocent, black children must be “angelic” just to be worthy of living. The Times initially defended its “no angel” assessment of Michael Brown’s...
by Editors | Sep 11, 2014 | Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision
Amidst the lack of action on raising the minimum wage at the federal level, a vibrant city on the West coast has taken lead: Seattle. Just this June, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to increase the city’s minimum wage to reach $15 an hour by 2017. On...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 9, 2014 | Progressive Vision
Zephyr Teachout is slated today to lose the New York Democratic primary for governor to incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Many voters will be seeing her memorable name for the first time when they cast their vote. She has run a shoestring campaign against a powerful,...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 5, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
At Michael Brown’s funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton lamented that America has “money to give military equipment to police forces,” but not to train and employ young people. Sen. Bernie Sanders is making good on a promise to remedy that. While eulogizing Brown, Sharpton...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 4, 2014 | Progressive Vision
There's a war going on. While low-wage workers are take to the streets today to fight for livable wages, a battle is brewing in The Hamptons, where the wealthy and the super wealthy square off against one another over traffic. Helicopter traffic, that is. Campaign for...
