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Neoliberals Are Taking All the Wrong Lessons From Conor Lamb’s Victory

“The recent CPC Strategy Summit in Baltimore was brimming with such ideas, which are enjoying new traction thanks to shifting political winds. Though there’s no consensus as of yet as to what a...

In These Times | Civic Engagement

Fed Up with the Economy?

The Good Fight - October 15 2014, by Ben Wikler - Why haven't wages risen in 40 years? It's not just bad luck. The mostly invisible, ultra-powerful folks who run at the Federal Reserve have gone...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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Activist Group Presses for Diversity on Fed Boards

Activist Group Presses for Diversity on Fed Boards

An activist group on Monday named a slate of candidates it would like to see placed on the boards overseeing the regional Federal Reserve banks, saying these people would promote diversity at the...

Wall Street Journal | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Dean Baker: Why We Must Oppose the Coming Fed Interest Rate Hike

Truthout - February 19, 2015, by Isaiah J. Poole - Progressives need to step up their opposition to any moves by the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in the near future, economist Dean...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Activist Group Takes Out TV Ad Calling for Trump to Keep Yellen

The Center for Popular Democracy's Fed Up campaign broadcast a 30-second TV spot urging Mr. Trump to offer Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen a second term. The ad ran during "Fox & Friends," a...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Why the Federal Reserve is due for a radical reinvention

The Federal Reserve is a hot topic in the news these days. Usually, the stories revolve around the merits of its decisions: Was quantitative easing a good idea? Should it raise interest rates...

The Week | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Ana María Archila: Low Wage Workers are Paving the Way to Democracy

GRITtv - February 18, 2014, by Laura Flanders - Bill de Blasio campaigned on ushering in a new era in New York City and actively pursued low-wage voters. Now that he is Mayor, what can the...

Immigration Reform Moves to States; New York Eyes Citizenship After 3 Years of Taxes

The Washington Examiner - June 16, 2014, by Paul Bedard - The frustration with Washington's inaction on any type of immigration reform has forced proponents to shift their attention to states such...

Urban Outfitters heeds call to end on-call shifts

WELL, THAT was fast!


Yesterday I wrote about an "on-call" scheduling practice at Urban Outfitters that's unbelievably abusive to its lowest-wage workers. Within...

Restoring a Fair Workweek
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Hot topic of next Fed chair not on program at Jackson Hole

Hot topic of next Fed chair not on program at Jackson Hole

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — This year’s gathering of the world’s central bankers had a theme as lofty as the Grant Teton Mountains which loomed over their meeting place — “Fostering a Dynamic Global...

The Washington Post | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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