In 2012, fast food workers in NYC kicked off a movement that has exceeded all expectations, and changed the conversation about the minimum wage. On this edition, low paid workers tell the story of the fight for 15, the exploding nationwide movement for fair wages. Featuring: Alvin Major, KFC employee and original NYC striker; Richard Wilson, Walmart employee; Bernardo … Continued


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Our Economy Is Not Working: Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15

Center for American Progress Hosts Netanyahu as Leaked Emails Show Group Censored Staff on Israel; Our Economy Is Not Working: Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15; “A Very Big Mistake”: Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP; Stiglitz: Sanders is Right–Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare, Sick Days and … Continued


Center for American Progress Hosts Netanyahu as Leaked Emails Show Group Censored Staff on Israel; Our Economy Is Not Working: JCenter for American Progress on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15; “A Very Big Mistake”: Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP; Stiglitz: Sanders is Right–Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare, Sick … Continued


GOP Candidates Spar on Syria & Immigration, But Agree on One Thing: Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage; Jamil Smith: After Scapegoating African-Americans for Years, GOP Faces “Black Bogeyman” Ben Carson; Cuban-American Candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tout Immigrant Narratives Despite Stances on Reform; Terror in Little Saigon: New Doc Ties US-Allied Kill Squad to Unsolved … Continued


GOP Candidates Spar on Syria & Immigration, But Agree on One Thing: Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage; Jamil Smith: After Scapegoating African-Americans for Years, GOP Faces “Black Bogeyman” Ben Carson; Cuban-American Candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tout Immigrant Narratives Despite Stances on Reform; Terror in Little Saigon: New Doc Ties US-Allied Kill Squad to Unsolved … Continued