Mr. President, the Elephant in the Room Is Not a Republican
The recession has been hard on everyone. Tens of millions of people lost their jobs. Many of those who didn't lose their jobs suffered salary cuts. Retirement savings and home...
Salvatore Babones
A Democratic Country Should Put Public Education Before Corporate Profits
The headlines this summer are full of gloom and doom about the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. Schools are closing. Teachers are being laid off. State and local governments are cutting...
Pay-to-Publish and the Premiumization of Academia
For decades academia has been something of a haven from rising inequality. Yes, there are star professors with fat paychecks and union-busting university presidents. Grants often go to those who...
The Minimum Wage Is Stuck at $7.25; It Should Be $21.16 — or Higher
Using 1968 as our benchmark for the minimum wage implies that low-wage Americans today should be making just as much as low-wage Americans were making 44 years ago.