by MCDC | Jan 20, 2015 | Economy, Education, Employment, Events, Issues, News, Video, Virginia
In our growing global economy, Americans need to have more knowledge and more skills to compete — by 2020, an estimated 35 percent of job openings will require at least a bachelor’s degree, and 30 percent will require some college or an associate’s...
by MCDC | Dec 5, 2014 | Education, Racism
A religious studies professor found instances of students learning a literal interpretation of the Bible. A report put out by the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund reveals that in some Texas public schools, classes on the Bible’s impact on history are being...
by MCDC | Mar 13, 2014 | Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Employment, Ethics, Income Inequality, Racism
Adapted from an article by DAVID SIROTA Code words are politicians’ stock in trade. As Republican strategist Lee Atwater famously admitted, that’s especially true when it comes to racially coded rhetoric about economics. Terms like “welfare queen” are obvious...
by MCDC | Mar 6, 2014 | Citizens United, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Global Warming, Health Care, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Social Security, Video, Voter Rights
Senate majority leader Harry Reid gave a hell of a speech in Congress about the agenda of the billionaire Koch brothers, carbon barons who are the prime beneficiaries of Citizens United, the Supreme Court case that ruled that corporate persons had the free speech...
by MCDC | Mar 5, 2014 | Economy, Education, Employment, GOP Shutdown, Health Care, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Social Security, Video
Robert B. Reich: What are they really after? Connect these seven dots. Number one, they’re against extending unemployment benefits to people who have been out of work for more than six months, even though there is still only one job for every three unemployed....
