economy
Create jobs while saving the world with a Green New Deal
January 3, 2019The basic idea is to get us to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 by putting Americans to work building a new energy infrastructure.
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A day in the life of an unemployed New Yorker
October 31, 2018I am a musician, teacher, and writer, a skilled worker with skills not highly valued by a vulture market. In our society, racist, sexist, ableist, ageist, and other-ist capitalists make decisions amongst themselves about everybody else....
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Trumka: Record labor voter mobilization emphasizes pocketbook issues
October 31, 2018It also produced a record number of unionists running for everything from city council and county commissioner to Congress and governor.
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Trump’s trade war—Who is it good for?
October 16, 2018It's easy for Trump to present himself as the worker's hero because so few politicians have actually been champions of the working class.
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A recession is coming – Get your bootstraps ready
August 13, 2018The current so-called good times haven't really been very good for working people.
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