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 | Economy, Employment, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage
By Alan Pyke Nearly six in 10 small business owners support raising the minimum wage to $10.10, according to a new poll on behalf of Small Business Majority (SBM), with most respondents citing the prospect of increased consumer demand and improved competitiveness with...
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....
by MCDC | Feb 9, 2014 | Action Alerts, Events, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Video
Please join us on February 27th for an “Inequality for All” Watch Party! Following the film, Secretary Reich and Senator Elizabeth Warren will join us on a conference call to talk about how to change the conversation on income inequality. ROBERT B. REICH,...
by MCDC | Jan 29, 2014 | Civil Rights, History, Income Inequality
For 10 years, Lilly Ledbetter fought to close the gap between women’s and men’s wages, sparring with the Supreme Court, lobbying Capitol Hill in a historic discrimination case against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Ledbetter won a jury verdict of more than $3...
