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Donald Trump, populist hero of the working class. It’s a myth, but it’s an enduring one and, to the extent that Trump does or did have a minority of working-class supporters, he’s certainly bent on testing their loyalty. Under Trump, the Occupational...
by Laura Clawson
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Trump likes to pretend he cares about America first—or at least the taxpayers. A new study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows yet another arena Trump could actually put his money where his mouth is—but likely won’t give it a single thought.
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by wagatwe
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A couple of months ago, I wrote about the warning signs for the US economy, as shrinking job growth, the collapse in the retail sector, both in sales and employment, and weak first quarter GDP could be a sign that the grindingly slow eight year...
by m2c4
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Tell me again about how the gender wage gap is because women leave the workforce to stay home with the kids, or whatever the excuse du jour is:
R ight out of college, young men are paid more ...
by Laura Clawson
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Hi I’m Joshua Brown, I’m 13 years old. My corrupt Congressman is Republican Doug LaMalfa in (CA-01). His rude assistant, Brenda Lee Haynes was very rude to me on Facebook.
I was talking with my Democratic friend, Kendra Sills about how we both...
by joshuabrownforpresident2040
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At the liberal Economic Policy Institute, analysts Elise Gould and Teresa Kroeger report that significant gender gap above:
Right out of college, young men are paid more than their women peers—which is surprising given that these recent graduates...
by Meteor Blades
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In the weakest overall jobs report of 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ said Friday that the economy added 147,000 private-sector jobs in May, but the public sector shed 9,000, for a net gain of 138,000 new jobs.
A consensus of experts surveyed...
by Meteor Blades
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● Some on-the-road fun for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker : Being in town when Missouri’s governor signs an anti-union law.
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by Laura Clawson
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Walmart has a totally great, in no way open to abuse, new way to compete with Amazon: it’ll just have its in-store workers deliver packages on their way home from work.
“Walmart is uniquely qualified, uniquely positioned, to be able to offer...
by Laura Clawson
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We are proud to announce that our campaign has received its first endorsement from SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 100. While the American recovery has been successful in some aspects, many working Virginia families were left behind. As your...
by Ryan Sawyers
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