New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche
Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.
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Is a $15 Minimum Wage Economically Feasible?
July 29, 2013 Protestor, by Annette Bernhardt. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Campaigns like 15Now and
Why We All Need Affirmative Action
Recent shootings of young black men sound the alarm for public policies that directly counter racist stereotypes.
The Great Recession in Black Wealth
White wealth reaches historic high of twenty times black wealth.
We Need a (Green) Jobs Program
Clean-energy investment would promote job growth for a wide swath of the U.S. workforce.
Measuring the Full Impact of Minimum and Living Wage Laws
Workers who were earning less than the new wage floor are not the only ones who benefit from a higher minimum wage.