James Parks, AFL-CIO. May 19, 2008. Young workers are being squeezed by high costs and stagnant wages, and they want the government to do more to solve today's economic mess.
Jared Bernstein, Berrett-Koehler Publishing. April 25, 2008. It takes two parents to earn what one did only a few generations ago. Something's gone very wrong.
Andrea Buffa, Kathleen Maclay, AlterNet. December 6, 2007. Contrary to the cries of Big Business's Chicken Littles, public interest regulations that help workers get out from under the "Wal-Mart Model" of working in poverty don't hit consumers hard.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. August 31, 2007. This year's Executive Excess 2007 report found that "top executives averaged $10.8 million in total compensation, which is 364 times the pay of the average American worker."
Bonddad, The Bonddad Blog. July 24, 2007. The Corporate Right sees Americans' economic anxiety as part of their "liberal media" conspiracy theory. The truth is that people are hurting because, with the exception of those at the top, they haven't had a raise in a long time.
David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. March 16, 2007. David Sirota: Call to discuss the national campaign to stop "fast track" trade authority that has diminished labor, human rights and environmental standards.
