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Join The Booming Dollar Store Economy! Low Pay, Long Hours, May Work While Injured
Dawn Hughey had worked at Dollar General for just four months when she was named manager of a store in the Detroit suburbs in 2009. Having recently moved home after a stint in California, Hughey hoped the new honorific — and its … Continue reading
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Tagged Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, retail, United States, Variety store, wages, Walmart, workers
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Where Have America’s Wages Gone?
By Richard (RJ) Eskow A new briefing paper from the Economic Policy Institute provides an overview of the income stagnation currently plaguing the vast majority of Americans. “A Decade of Flat Wages,” by Lawrence Mishel and Heidi Shierholz, offers valuable background on … Continue reading
The High Probability of Being Poor in America
By Matt Bruenig Late last month, the Associated Press ran a report about economic insecurity that managed to gain some traction in certain parts of the political internet, and since then, again and again in certain relevant debates. The statistical … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Inequality, poverty, Poverty threshold, United States, Welfare
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Congressman: The Jobless Are Like Lazy Kids Who Need To ‘Step Up’
By Alan Pyke The trick to fixing the toughest job market since the Great Depression is to send jobless Americans to bed without supper, according to Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Speaking in Charleston, South Carolina on Monday, after arguing that … Continue reading
America Is No-Vacation Nation
By Jodie Gummow Americans as a society generally don’t take vacations. While many of us would love to travel, we live in an economy where job security is rare and most of us live in fear that if we take … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual leave, job, Job security, Netherlands, United States, vacation, work, work-life balance, workers
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OWN Adds Harlem-Set Docuseries ‘Crazy.Sexy.Life’
By Lesley Goldberg OWN has given straight-to-series orders for a new unscripted show revolving around four friends in Harlem. Crazy.Sexy.Life. centers on four longtime friends living in New York City — Kiyah, Bershan, Chenoa and Tiffany — and their personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bershan, Chenoa, entertainment, Harlem, Kiyah, Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, Sheri Salata, television, Tiffany, United States
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Marches won’t cut it anymore: Why last weekend felt like a funeral
By Brittney Cooper I must say, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs, Justice, and Freedom left me feeling mostly uninspired. Though there was some attempt in the early portion of the program to include younger speakers, the … Continue reading
What You Can Learn About Social Change From The Organizer Of The March On Washington
By John Halpin It’s the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King’s famous speech from the Lincoln Memorial, perhaps the most deservingly admired direct action in American history. There’s been many laudatory overviews and commentary on the … Continue reading
Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s
By Ariel Dorfman So much has changed since that hot day in August 1963 when Martin Luther King delivered his famous words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A black family lives in the White House and official segregation … Continue reading
An Unfulfilled Demand From The March On Washington: A $15 Minimum Wage
By Bryce Covert When protestors gathered in the nation’s capital 50 years ago from Wednesday, they had ten concrete demands, one of which was “A national minimum wage act that will give all Americans a decent standard of living.” They … Continue reading
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