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A Dream Deferred: Minimum Wage Higher in ’63 Than Today. 27 Aug 2013 | 08:28 am
When Bayard Rustin addressed the March on Washington in 1963, he said this: “We demand that there be an increase in the national minimum wage so that men may live in dignity.” The crowd cheered in res...
We Are All Connected 27 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
If your core cause is the environment, LGBT, health care, women’s rights, social justice, civil rights, labor, economic equality, YOU NAME IT you are seen by the giant corporations as the same enemy. ...
Strike in Colombia Highlights Free Trade Failure 26 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm
There is a big strike in Colombia, and you probably don’t know about it. Farmers and others are protesting over a variety of grievances including the devastating effect of free-trade agreements, priva...
Meditations on The Village 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
This excerpt comes from a piece by Michael Winship on how much Washington has changed since the Nixon years. The social and cultural changes are quite striking. But this says it all: [T]he biggest...
Congress Wants Hurricanes To Happen 26 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
Yes…The headline on this post is inflammatory and intended to attract eyeballs, visitors and clicks. It’s also totally accurate. I’m posting this is because of this editorial in today’s The New York...
Fifty Years Later: Delivering On The Dream 26 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
On Saturday, thousands came to Washington, to walk in the footsteps of those who came to the capital 50 years ago, for the “March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom.” The event became an iconic moment...
Racketeering Then and Racketeering Now 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Back in Al Capone’s day, Prohibition helped give rise to a rash of epic crime-boss fortunes. In our day, deregulation has spawned on Wall Street an entire new generation of fabulously rich racketeers....
Congress, Public Waking Up To Trans-Pacific Partnership Threat 23 Aug 2013 | 11:32 pm
Members of Congress are starting to pay attention to the upcoming, secretly negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “trade” agreement that isn’t really about trade. And the public is also becoming ...
The Un-American Way 23 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
The United States is negotiating a NAFTA-style trade deal that should be alarming to American consumers. The main reason it’s not getting much attention is that the mainstream media is largely ignorin...
Tea Party – Doubling Down On Stupid 23 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
The Heritage Foundation Obamascare traveling revival show continues: Former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina organized an evening town hall meeting, which called for defunding the federal healt...
