Monthly Archives: January 2014

Learn more about one mayor's vow get his city a $15 minimum wage: http://bit.ly/1cFMA2j

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"If we were we scrapping our current system and starting from scratch, Washington could make public college tuition free with the money it sets aside its scattershot attempts to make college affordable today." Read more: http://bit.ly/JYDvas

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The Department of Justice, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation all have federal investigations open on Sallie Mae. So why is the Department of Education giving Sallie Mae a lucrative five-year contract? Learn more: http://www.jwj.org/sallie-maes-failings-continue-to-go-unpunished/

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Thanks to new legislation taking effect this year, an estimated 2.5 million minimum wage workers in at least 13 states will receive much-needed pay increases in 2014. As wealth inequality continues to grow, these latest pay increases are a step in the right direction. In New York, the minimum wage… Read More»