Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
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Pity the Poor Child Molester
Imagine that you woke up one day and found, not that you had turned into a giant cockroach, but that
Fiscal Cliff and Grand Bargain (aka Grand Betrayal)
(1) "Don't Drive Off the Fiscal Cliff": I just posted Heidi Garrett-Peltier's comment from
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times published an editorial arguing--contrary to the myth being promulgated by then-candidate
Prisoner Disenfranchisement and the Election
From our friends at the Prison Policy Initiative, this great infographic about how felony disenfranchisement could affect the presidential election.
Yves Smith on The Finance-led Counterrevolution and the Rush to Destroy the Safety Net
Yves Smith has said it better than I could in her blog, Naked Capitalism: “My sense is that the widespread
Grapes of Wrath, Indeed.
In last week’s New York Times Magazine, columnist Chuck Klosterman (“The Ethicist”) answered a reader question that started out
Can't take the Reds out of the Red Line
This picture is from the Red Line (one of the lines in the Boston area subway system, known as the
Homelessness Marathon, this Sunday, 10am-5pm
We received this email from our friend Jeremy Alderson, founder and host of an excellent annual radio program, the Homelessness
Screenings of Co-op documentary Shift Change; misc.
(1) Shiftchange: Via our former book editor, Dan Fireside (now at Equal Exchange) and others, a new documentary about worker-owned
Problems with the D&S Blog--Fixed!
[Update--I restored the missing blog posts! Original posts start tomorrow, I promise! --Chris Sturr] Dear D&S blog readers,
Repost: Two Nice Items on Romney on “the 47%”
Item 1: Hat-tip to Peter W.: From the blog Squashed, a great riposte to Romney’s claim that if your
Repost: New Co-editor! plus: Palast Excerpt!
(1) New Co-Editor! First things first: Dollars & Sense has a new co-editor! Or to be precise, our former magazine