A sad and foolish fight against the minimum wage boogeyman in Washington

File this one under “the more things change, the more they don’t.” In January 2007,  New York Times reporter Tim Egan traveled to Liberty Lake, Washington, which is located about 8 miles away from another small town, Post Falls, Idaho. Egan wanted to find out whether Washington businesses faced any difficulty dealing with a minimum […]

Two simple steps Congress can take to slow the deficit and spur our economy

From the Everett Herald: It’s not pretty watching President Obama and the Republican minority collude in giving away billions to the wealthy, under the guise of the deceptively named “middle class tax cuts.” The president has pretty much deep-sixed the effort by a majority of Democrats to keep lower tax rates in place for most […]

Reinvigorating America’s middle class means building around Obama and Democrats

From The Nation: Movement building, racial justice, and a recalibration of the progressive movement’s relationship with President Obama is important, as Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava argue, but it isn’t a framework for making progressive ideals a part of actual law, habit, and culture. The roadmap toward economic security, opportunity, and quality of life must […]

What the heck is a Survaluation? Find out here.

You’ve probably taken a few surveys in your time. And maybe you’ve done an evaluation before. But I’d like to invite you to try something I call a “survaluation”. It’s an opportunity for you to share your impressions and opinions about the Economic Opportunity Institute — and it’s also a chance for me to learn […]

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