Seattle Activists Regroup After Amazon, Other Corporations Defeat Tax To Fund Affordable Housing
Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant and activist organizations regroup after head tax on Amazon and other large corporations was repealed.
Corporations Spend Very Few Savings From Tax Cuts On Workers, Data Shows
Despite the corporate washing of Trump’s tax cut, data shows the windfall of money corporations are receiving from the tax cuts is not going to workers.
Labor, Progressive Organizations In Seattle Ramp Up Pressure On Amazon To Fund Affordable Housing
The profits from Seattle reaped by Amazon have prompted progressive organizations to call on Amazon to fund solutions to offset the rising cost of living.
Burgerville Workers May Form America’s First Recognized Fast Food Union After Years Of Retaliation
Fast food chain Burgerville announced they would support a vote to establish a nationally recognized union at their Portland, Oregon location.
Disney Withholds Bonuses As Union Workers Protest Poverty Wages
Hundreds of Disney World workers marched on March 23 after the company withheld bonuses from 41,000 union employees in Florida and California.
Why Single-Payer Advocates Shouldn’t Obsess Over How To Pay For Universal Health Care
Single-payer advocates from center to left are obsessed with figuring out how to fully pay for universal health care. Here’s why that’s bad politics and bad policy.
The Pros And Cons Of ‘Medicare Extra For All’ Plan From Center For American Progress
Jon Walker looks at the pros and cons of the ‘Medicare Extra For All’ health care plan published by the Center for American Progress.
‘Medicare Extra For All’ Proposal Represents Tectonic Shift Among Democrats
A tectonic shift occurred in the Democratic Party. The Center for American Progress, the powerful center-left establishment organization which sees itself as the Democratic White House in exile, released their new “Medicare Extra for All” plan. In many ways, it is nearly identical to the Medical Insurance and Care for
If America’s Largest Companies Can’t Shop For Better Health Insurance, No One Can
Last week, to great fanfare, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announced they will work on a new health care program for their employees “free from profit-making incentives and constraints.” The response to this announcement unintentionally produced some remarkably insightful conversation about American health care reform. What exactly this new
All Taxation Is Theft: Four Words To Understand The Republican Party
Besides the minimum taxes necessary to pay for national defense and basic law enforcement, the Republican Party treats all taxation as theft.