Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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You Don\’t Have To Sell Your Soul To Pay For Infrastructure
Anti-government conservative ideologues and their big-business benefactors have an interest in convincing people that privatization, privatization-lite and breaks for tax evaders are the only options worth discussing.
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For Infrastructure Week, A Progressive Call To Action
Progressive populists are going to have to get loud and get active – and this is a good week to do so. An adequately and honestly funded infrastructure plan is essential to a “jobs for all” agenda.
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Jobs Report: We\’re Still Feeling The Effects of Austerity
As has been true for the past few months, you have to get below the sunny top lines of the April jobs report to get the real story: We\’re still have a slack labor market, and right-wing austerity is the cause.
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The War On Christmas Lights: Here\’s The Real Story
If you believe the latest fears emanating from the right-wing fever swamps, President Obama is coming to take away your Christmas lights. Here\’s the shocking truth.
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Ex-White House Economist Nails The Fatal Omission In Obama Trade Deal
Economist Jared Bernstein disagrees with the administration\’s decision to not address currency manipulation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement being negotiated with 11 other trading partners.
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Study Finds Right-Wing Tax Voodoo Doesn\’t Work
\”Our results are inconsistent with the view that cuts in top state income tax rates will automatically or necessarily generate growth,\” says a report from the Tax Policy Center.
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One More Time: Marriage Doesn\’t Alleviate Poverty
The conservative argument that declining marriage rates contribute to high rates of poverty is a hardy perennial. Yet there are 15 million poor people in married households. Facts are stubborn things.
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\’Raise The Wage\’ Bill Gets Support, While The Fight for $15 Continues
Several progressive organizations are lining up today in support of the Raise the Wage bill introduced by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Robert Scott. Meanwhile, Fight for $15 activists plan their next action.
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When Pushing A Jobs Agenda, It\’s OK To Use This F-Word
Voters support a role for the federal government \”in ensuring that every person who wants to work has a job and a good standard of living,\” according to a report by pollster Celinda Lake.
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Baltimore\’s Plight Shows Why A Good Jobs Policy Is Way Overdue
The struggles of central Baltimore communities that are now part of the national conversation highlight the urgency of a \”Good Jobs for All\” campaign that will be launched today by the Center for Community Change.