Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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The Deficit Is Falling, But Where Are The Jobs?
Conservatives have repeatedly told us that cutting federal spending, and reducing deficits, would unleash economic growth and create jobs. Instead, what we have to show for it is a languid economy at best.
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It\’s Still Hard Out There For Jobseekers: We Need to Tell The Story
For every job opening in August, on average, there were two jobseekers. It\’s one more sign that the job shortage should still dominate the national political debate.
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Wellstone Award Winner Saru Jayaraman: Empowering Restaurant Workers
The founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is on the front lines with restaurant workers, highlighting their plight and giving them a voice to challenge the National Restaurant Association.
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Progressive Champion Lee Saunders: \”Disrupter\” For Working People
The head of AFSCME is being honored for going beyond being a fierce defender of public employees to being an effective coalition-builder in the larger fight for the dignity of all working people.
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Help Build Grassroots Support For A Crackdown On \”Preyday Lenders\”
A campaign by National People\’s Action is mobilizing grassroots political support for robust Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules that will rein in the payday lending industry, in anticipation of well-funded pushback.
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Let\’s Replace Hawk Squawks On The Fed With Voices Of The People
Two \”inflation hawks\” on the Federal Reserve\’s open market committee, Charles Plosser and Richard Fisher, will step down from the board in early 2015. That\’s a chance for working people to have their own representatives.
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Beyond Ferguson: If You Want Our Vote, Mind The Black Wealth Gap
Getting out the vote in African-American communities is important, but that effort needs to be supported by policies that communities can support to close the persistent wealth gap between black and white people.
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The GOP Social Security Deception Game Is On. Here\’s How To Fight Back.
The only way to deal with candidates who won\’t let the facts get in the way of a smarmy campaign ad is to speak the truth with boldness, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren does: \”Social Security needs to be expanded.\”
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The Fed\’s Main Job Is Jobs, And A Coalition Plans To Keep It On Task
A lot of eyes will be on the Federal Reserve Friday when the Labor Department releases its August unemployment statistics. Meanwhile, the fight to keep the Fed\’s eyes focused on unemployment is preparing for its next phase.
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The Fed Should Be Meeting In Ferguson, Not Jackson Hole
Ferguson, Mo., is actually a much better place from which to understand the consequences of the past six years of economic policies. Ferguson residents would tell them that they need a full-employment economy.