Can we finally put the trickle down myth to bed now?
$1.5 trillion tax cut had no major impact on business spending
The White House had predicted that the massive fiscal stimulus package would boost investment and job growth.
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New York City is about to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Here’s why tha…
New York City is about to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Here’s why that needs to be implemented all across the country.
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You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change
“The year 2078, I will celebrate my 75th birthday. If I have children, maybe they will spend that day with me. Maybe they will ask me about you. Maybe they will ask why you didn’t do anything while there still was time to act. You say you love your children above all else, and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes”
You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change
Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary last night in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change.
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America’s $1.5 trillion student-loan industry is a ‘failed social experiment’
“The researchers hope to shift the conversation about student debt from one that assumes student loans are a useful tool for improving individual’s economic prospects to one that acknowledges that higher levels of debt and education haven’t necessarily boosted young Americans’ financial futures.”
America’s $1.5 trillion student-loan industry is a ‘failed social experiment’
A new paper from the Roosevelt Institute says these loans are not a benign way to help young people attend college.
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At a time when 44 million Americans have $1.5 trillion in student debt, Secretar…
At a time when 44 million Americans have $1.5 trillion in student debt, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has invested millions in companies that take advantage of kids trying to get a higher education.
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Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees
One could say Bezos was feelin’ the Bern.
“The new minimum wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees — including part-time and temporary employees — as well as another 100,000 seasonal employees, the company said. Some employees who already make $15 per hour will also see a pay increase.”
Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees
Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos have been facing criticism for its pay disparity.
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Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 following pressure from Bernie Sanders
“What did Bernie ever do??!” – Every Clinton supporter ever
Bernie is still fighting and racking up wins. Imagine how different our country would be right now had he won the presidency…
Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 following pressure from Bernie Sanders
Amazon on Tuesday announced plans to raise the company’s minimum wage in the US to $15. CEO Jeff Bezos said the company had ‘listened to our critics.’ The decision follows sustained pressure from Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has attacked Amazon and Bezos for the company’s low wages.
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As 1.5 Million Flee Hurricane Florence, Worries Grow Over Half Dozen Nuclear Power Plants in Storm’s Path
It’s a good thing we’ve spent $6 trillion improving our infrastructure and hardening critical facilities over the past 17 years…..oh wait we spent that on wars in the Middle East instead….
“The storm’s potential path also includes half a dozen nuclear power plants, pits holding coal-ash and other industrial waste, and numerous eastern hog farms that store animal waste in massive open-air lagoons.”
“Flooding-prone Brunswick Nuclear Plant among rickety old Fukushima-style reactors in likely path of Hurricane Florence.”
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The Koch Brothers Commissioned a Survey of Americans and Found Most Like a $15 Minimum Wage, Free College, and Universal Health Care
That awkward moment when your right wing think tank keep making cases for progressive issues you hate
“Where the Koch brothers see government tyranny, most Americans see common-sense solutions to basic problems:”
Where the Koch brothers see government tyranny, most Americans see common-sense solutions to basic problems, it turns out.
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Disneyland agrees to pay its workers $15 an hour
This is what happens when workers band together and make demands. Special thanks to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders for rallying with the workers and drawing attention to their plight
Disneyland agrees to pay its workers $15 an hour
Unions representing nearly 10,000 Disneyland workers accepted a contract that raises pay to $15 an hour beginning next year.
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