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Minimum Wage
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Republican and Democratic “Remedies” Ensure More Crises, but Alternatives That Work Are Taboo
Both Republican and Democratic plans for the economy leave the system that produced this crisis and will produce more crises unchanged. There IS an alternative, argues economist Rick Wolff.
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Employees at Billion Dollar Companies Fight for a Living Wage
One in four workers in the United States is employed in a low-wage job.
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Tax Incentives to Companies Bleeding Towns Dry, With Few Results
States, counties and cities are giving up more than $80 billion each year to companies, with few results.
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The Missing Living Wage Agenda
There is a 30-year backlog of policies to fix the extreme maldistribution of wages and opportunity in the labor market.
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Walmart Workers Gear Up for Black Friday Strike; California Workers Announce Second Strike
Walmart workers to protest conditions, wages on biggest shopping day of the year.
We All Need a Higher Minimum Wage
If President Obama truly believes in strengthening the middle class, he will revisit legislation to raise the minimum wage so that people can start to invest in the country …
Gimme Shelter: Government Policies Fail Homeless Mothers and Kids
The plight of disabled adults and hungry kids get short shrift this election year and only one party platform addresses remedies.
Lies of Plutocracy: Exploding Five Myths that Dehumanize the Poor
If you believe that poverty is the domain of the comfortably poor, black, unemployed, unmotivated and uneducated among us, you have been sadly misled.
Is This Why Romney Won’t Talk to Sensata Workers Whose Jobs Are Being Shipped to China?
Romney's $450,000/week income comes from ... get this ... shipping jobs to China!
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At Last Night’s Debate: Romney Told 27 Myths In 38 Minutes
Romney repeatedly misleading viewers. He spoke for 38 minutes of the 90 minute debate and told at least 27 myths: