When Unions And Civil Rights Activists Worked Together
Talk radio host Rick Smith took a “People’s Tour” of the South this summer to revisit some of the sites where the fights for racial equality and economic justice intersected.
Author: Isaiah J. Poole
Labor Day: Fighting For Workers So They Can Fight For Themselves
Attacks from the right on the ability of workers to organize are a fundamental factor in the national debate we should be having over income inequality and how to address it.
More Proof Workers Are More Productive But Less Rewarded
Worker productivity in the second quarter of 2015 was better than expected, according to data released today, but a report underscores how little of the gains are shared by productive workers.
Business Lobby Is Denied Overtime To Kill Overtime Rule
Business lobbying organizations like the National Retail Federation had been lobbying fiercely to get the Department of Labor to extend the comment period beyond Friday. They failed.
4 Percent Growth Doesn’t Look So Crazy When You’re At 3.7 Percent
Weeks after a top White House official said no “serious economist” would consider 4 percent annual growth “within the realm of possibility,” we almost reached that during one quarter. What do we say now?
Etsy’s Dark Side: Socially Irresponsible Tax Evader
Etsy is certified as a socially responsible retailer and markets itself that way, but that is belied by its use of an Irish subsidiary through which it can avoid paying taxes on its profits.
Those Republican Spending Caps Are Costing Us Jobs
The Congressional Budget Office said that by ending the sequester federal spending caps, the economy would be able to add as many as 1.4 million additional jobs in 2016 and 2017. We need those jobs.
Jobs Report: Another Tepid Month Underscoring Cost of GOP Obstruction
We are continuing to reap the consequences of the conservative obstruction in Congress that has blocked the critical policies we need for real job growth and robust recovery.
The Wrecking Crew at the Voting Rights Act Anniversary
The people who will stand on the Republican presidential nomination debate stage in Ohio are among those who are leading the wrecking crew trying to demolish a signature civil rights achievement.
Keys to Winning the Argument For the Iran Nuclear Deal
“If you have political connections, now is the time to use them,” says Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund, as he talks about how to push back against a multimillion-dollar effort to block the Iran agreement.