Opinion
Low prices or livable wages? Let’s discuss
October 10, 2014My brother read my recent article on income inequality and asked me a question that I think is more generally at play in the debate: "Won't the costs of increasing the minimum wage simply be passed...
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Goodbye Columbus, welcome Indigenous People’s Day
October 10, 2014I hope my kids will be able to go to school and hear the truth of what happened to our people.
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Asleep at wheel: Carriers profit from trucker training mills
October 6, 2014A recent New York Times editorial urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to stop "dawdling" on issuing federal regulations for truck driver training.
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This is what I see when I drive
October 6, 2014As I drive along, I notice the landscape is ever changing. Walmarts and dollar stores sprout from empty lots.
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Education and low-wage jobs: Time to change the narrative
October 3, 2014Rather than asking individuals to increase their value, we need to transform how we as a society value the work individuals do.
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