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I often can't afford groceries because of volatile work schedules at Gap

As the movement for a $15 minimum wage grows, low-wage workers know the problem isn’t just the hourly pay rate. It’s...

Fed Up Coalition comes to Jackson to join the conversation on Economic Policy

People in green shirts stating “Let Our Wages Grow” and “Who’s Recovery?” are all over the main lobby and outdoor areas...

The White House announced that it would nominate Randy Quarles to a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors

Quarles would take the lead on rolling back any banking regulation under the Trump administration as vice chairman for...

[created] | Published by: The New York Times

Bankers and Economists Fear a Spate of Threats to Global Growth

Bankers and Economists Fear a Spate of Threats to Global Growth

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — In the decade since the financial crisis, economic policy makers, professors and...

[created] | Published by: The American Prospect

The Silver Lining of the New Gilded Age: Fewer Targets

The Silver Lining of the New Gilded Age: Fewer Targets

Members of groups including Hedge Clippers and the Center for Popular Democracy protest outside Blackstone's New York...

[created] | Published by: The Colorado Independent

Minimum wage going up

Minimum wage going up

Voters have decided it’s time to give Colorado’s minimum-wage workers a long-overdue raise. Amendment 70, a measure...

The Colorado Independent | Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

The Federal Reserve Board's Plan to Kill Jobs

Truthout - March 2, 2015, by Dean Baker - There is an enormous amount of political debate over various pieces of...

It’s Not Just Low Pay Stressing Out Part-Time Workers

Bill Moyers - July 24, 2014, by Neha Tara Mehta - Besides struggling to make ends meet because of low wages, millions...

Legal Experts Pan US for Disappointing Human Rights Record

MSNBC - April 17, 2015, by Willa Frej -The United States has a record of human rights abuses despite its position as a...

[created] | Published by: Christian Science Monitor

Would independent prosecutors make police shooting investigations fairer?

Would independent prosecutors make police shooting investigations fairer?

Critics say the close connections between prosecutors and local police leads to unjust decisions not to prosecute...

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