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Supporters of a higher minimum wage, however, remain undeterred. "Wal-Mart's business model is pretty simple," said Amy Traub, an associate director of policy and research at equality advocacy group Demos, at a recent debate hosted by Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2) in New York.
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Lauren Thomas
With the Trump effect, we have now entered into a new era of exacerbated racial discrimination against Latino, Asian and black immigrant communities in the United States.
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Katherine Culliton-González
To better understand capital punishment in America—how it works, who it affects, and the myths that continue to surround it—we’ve compiled 10 of the best long form articles on the subject from Fusion and around the web. “ Racism Is Keeping the Death Penalty Alive,” by Jason McDaniel and Sean McElwee
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Anne Branigin
Sean McElwee, a policy analyst for Demos and frequent contributor to Salon, published a statistical analysis last week, based on data collected by the American National Election Studies that clearly demonstrates that racism, rather th
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Amanda Marcotte
I think a state-level proposal of guaranteeing and enforcing that people who are imprisoned are paid at least the minimum wage deserves real scrutiny
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Connie M. Razza
In cities across our nation, Americans rose up around the issue that brought our founding fathers to their feet and began a revolution: taxes.
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Heather McGhee
Understanding the racial wealth gap
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Ellen McGirt
Today, with health coverage for maternity care threatened, child care costs outstripping the price of college tuition, and nearly a quarter of new mothers forced to return to work two weeks or less after giving birth, we are making it extraordinarily difficult for anyone but the ve
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Amy Traub
To win over and mobilize the public, social justice advocates must articulate what we’re for, not just what we’re against. The American people deserve better than what’s currently on offer from team Trump, but for many, the status quo also falls short. If progressives are to fulfill one of our core
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Jared Bernstein
Ben Spielberg
Much like Election Day, Tax Day is a shared expression of our democracy enacted by its participants.
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Connie M. Razza