In recent years, a number of cities have raised their minimum wage to $15 an hour, which is significantly above federal and state minimum wages. These changes have prompted debate around the country regarding what constitutes an adequate minimum. This report contributes to that conversation by providing living wage figures, finding that current minimum wageContinue reading “Pay Up! Long Hours and Low Pay Leave Workers at a Loss”
Author Archives: Kathy Mulady
Pay Up! $15 in Not A Living Wage in Most of the Country
Throughout the nation, the call for a $15 minimum wage is rightfully gaining momentum and – if enacted – would lift millions of low-wage workers from struggle to stability. While detractors suggest the wage is too high, a new report by the Alliance for a Just Society released today shows that $15 is really a modest demand.Continue reading “Pay Up! $15 in Not A Living Wage in Most of the Country”
Let’s Block Too-Big-To-Fail Insurance Mergers
By LeeAnn Hall and Wendell Potter This article was originally published in Roll Call. If you thought too-big-to-fail banks were dangerous, watch out for too-big-to-fail health insurance companies. This summer, the country’s top insurers announced a spate of merger plans, lighting up the business pages nationwide. Health insurance giant Anthem unveiled its intention to absorbContinue reading “Let’s Block Too-Big-To-Fail Insurance Mergers”
Voting Rights Restored
John Mahan never worried about voting, it didn’t seem important. He was young and he figured he had many years ahead of him to vote for politicians, and laws didn’t really seem to personally affect him anyway. Then, in 1986, the young Virginia man was arrested and convicted of a felony. Mahan was finally releasedContinue reading “Voting Rights Restored”
Medicaid Refusals Create New Mason-Dixon Line
“Medicaid Refusals Create New Mason-Dixon Line” by LeeAnn Hall and Glenn Harris, has appeared in these publications and websites: Black Star News The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) The Houston Chronicle The Atlanta Journal – Constitution The Progressive Howard University District Chronicles Frost Illustrated Howard University District Chronicles Bradenton Herald (Florida) The Palm Beach Post Island PacketContinue reading “Medicaid Refusals Create New Mason-Dixon Line”
LeeAnn Hall’s Statement on King v. Burwell (with Fred Azcarate and George Goehl)
Today is a major victory: the Supreme Court rejected King v. Burwell, an attack against the Affordable Care Act that attempted to deny quality health care to millions of people in the United States. Together with Fred Azcarate, executive director of US Action and George Goehl, executive director of National People’s Action, I would like toContinue reading “LeeAnn Hall’s Statement on King v. Burwell (with Fred Azcarate and George Goehl)”
Victory! King v. Burwell Guarantees Millions Will Keep Their Health Care
Today is major victory: the Supreme Court rejected King v. Burwell, an attack against the Affordable Care Act that attempted to deny quality health care to millions of people in the United States. Here is a joint statement on the King v. Burwell decision today from: LeeAnn Hall, executive director of Alliance for a JustContinue reading “Victory! King v. Burwell Guarantees Millions Will Keep Their Health Care”
AJS Statement on Charleston S.C. Shootings
The Alliance for a Just Society joins the world in mourning the brutal deaths of nine people murdered in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, SC this week. We have in our thoughts and prayers the families and lives of Reverend Clementa Pinckney, Daniel L. Simmons, Ethel Lee Lance, Myra Thompson, Rev. Depayne MiddletonContinue reading “AJS Statement on Charleston S.C. Shootings”
More Low Paying Jobs Means Families Continue to Struggle
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Employment Situation Summary, commonly known as the “jobs report,” for May. While many news outlets had headlines lauding May’s jobs numbers, at least some are beginning to come around to a fact that we have been stating for months: too many of these new jobs are inContinue reading “More Low Paying Jobs Means Families Continue to Struggle”
Seattle Election Initiative Aims to Take Big Money Out of Campaigns
This article was contributed by Rosalind Brazel, communications manager for Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN!) The Honest Elections Initiative campaign aims to take big money out of politics and give low income people a real voice in electing leaders who represent them. On Monday, June 1, more than 32,000 signatures were delivered to theContinue reading “Seattle Election Initiative Aims to Take Big Money Out of Campaigns”