Author and Internet personality John Green released a new video describing why raising the minimum wage is better overall for workers and the economy.  He cites study, after study, after study which confirms this fact.  

Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, recently made an appearance on Democracy Now! where he called out Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly and his debunked economic positions: He gets away with saying things which no undergraduate in the United States with a responsible economics professor could ever get away with. […]

One has to hand it to McDonald’s.  After their disastrous publicity fiasco last month in suggesting workers go on food stamps to which the restaurant chain saw a massive outcry against the policy, they have doubled down on their villainy against workers.  In a paltry attempt to please the masses McDonald’s website the “McResource line” […]

The oligarchs finished this most recent round of economic brinkmanship just before the final buzzer expired on the American economy. This was not a surprise to any serious observer of Washington, as many commentators predicted the exact end to the ‘crisis’ in the very manner that transpired! Senator Elizabeth Warren explains the $24 billion loss; […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) gave a rousing speech on the steps of the highest court in America on Oct. 8.  He decried the concept of money equaling free speech, while acknowledging that lawmakers are readily threatened by corporate interests to bend to their will or face annihilation in the next election.   Full speech text: […]