Whether it’s half a dozen of one or 6 of another, we continually find ourselves contributing to the socialization labor costs as corporations incorporate poverty wages into their wage compensation schemes. The article below may look at how Cook County, IL is looking
For months, government officials in Michigan have been scrambling to address the fallout of the man-made water catastrophe in Flint that poisoned thousands of mostly low-income people of color. This video explores the five most pressing facts about the crisis and what
— by CAP Action War Room Paul Ryan’s Record Indicates We’re In For The Same Broken GOP Policies After much chaos and dysfunction, the House of Representatives elected Representative Paul Ryan from Wisconsin to be Speaker of the House. The Republicans have
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
Rep. Paul Ryan has released yet another “plan” to fix poverty and the Safety Net. He’s release a new discussion draft, “Expanding Opportunity in America.” This latest draft proposes a new “pilot project” which he asserts will strengthen the safety net. He also
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
Many elderly Americans are close enough to poverty’s edge that Social Security cuts of any size could push them over the brink. — By Peter Hart Following the government shutdown drama, politicians in Washington appear hopelessly divided, according to conventional wisdom. Fair
Washington should do more than the minimum on minimum wage. — by Jim Hightower “In the wealthiest nation on Earth,” President Barack Obama declared in his State of the Union speech, “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.”
— by Adam Peck on Feb 22, 2013 at 6:15 pm The achievement gap between school districts in high-income neighborhoods and those in low-income ones is already more canyon than crack, and if $1.7 trillion in automatic sequestration cuts are allowed to go into
