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Raising the Minimum Wage Will Lift the Economy
Sustainable economies are built on good jobs. If people don’t earn enough money, they can’t keep the economy growing by buying goods and services. This basic fact is lost on opponents of minimum-wage...
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L.A. Times Misses the Story Behind Living Wage Campaigns
Supporters of Long Beach's Measure N. On Sunday the Los Angeles Times published a story about the important successes of campaigns to pass local minimum wage and living wage laws. However, while...
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Margaret Thatcher: Inglorious Tory
I have been humming one of my favorite Elvis Costello songs from the moment I heard the news of Margaret Thatcher’s death Monday morning. The chorus never fails to move me: “When they finally put you...
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Obama’s Speech: So Close and Yet So Far
There was something tantalizing about Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last night. When was the last time an American president talked about the simple human cruelty of our Dickensian sick...
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The Cure for Poverty in Two Words
Two and a half years after the Occupy Movement jolted the country, America is once again abuzz with talk about poverty and inequality. Of course, along with a heightened focus on the problem come lots...
View ArticleTime to Improve Obamacare
Now that Republicans have all but given up the ghost of repealing the Affordable Care Act, we can begin to focus on improving the law, which is what the American people overwhelmingly want. Here’s a...
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Election 2012: Huge Election Win for Long Beach Hotel Workers
UNITE HERE Long Beach hotel workers and community activists made history Tuesday, passing a living wage ballot measure that will help lift 2,000 people in that city’s tourism industry out of poverty....
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