Yesterday, in a speech in New York, Hillary Clinton laid out her vision for a strong, growing economy that works for everyone. Her speech boiled down to the following points: Bottom Line: It’s time to raise incomes for hard-working Americans.
— by Paul Buchheit Law enforcement, education, health care, water management, government itself — all have been or are being privatized. People with money get the best of each service. At the heart of privatization is a disdain for government and a
NV Controller Ron Knecht’s “2nd Monthly Report” was published last week in the Humboldt Sun. I took exception with much of what he had to say. Below are his report and my rebuttal which was published in the second edition of this
A Remarkably Positive Jobs Report, With A Reminder That There’s More To Do — by CAP ACTION WAR ROOM, posted on 12/5/2014 The November jobs report was released today, and it brought a lot of good news. The U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs
Our immigration system has been broken for decades. And every day we wait to act, millions of undocumented immigrants are living in the shadows: Those who want to pay taxes and play by the same rules as everyone else have no way
Creating a commons ethic for ecological restoration and social justice by Carolyn Raffensperger, Kaitlin Butler What are the principles needed to guarantee that we are fair to future generations? We have turned a corner on climate change— a wrong turn– and it is happening more
On 10/10, 10 Facts About A $10.10 Minimum Wage —by CAP Action War Room Friday, October 10th, was National Minimum Wage Day in honor of the efforts by progressives to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. At $7.25 an hour, today’s
— by CAP Action War Room After returning from a two-week recess, the Senate is planning to vote on raising the minimum wage to $10.10 this Wednesday. The bill, called the “Minimum Wage Fairness Act,” needs 60 votes to advance thanks to the de
Last June, the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill that would grow our economy and shrink the deficit. But without action from the House to move forward in the last year, our country is losing out on these economic gains.
By Anna Chu and Harry Stein For the past three years, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been trotting out the same conservative, top-down policies that have failed the nation’s middle- and working-class families, seniors, and the economy. The House
