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The sylvan silence of McDonald’s suburban Chicago corporate headquarters provides executives of the world’s largest fast-food corporation a retreat far from its 860,000 U.S. workers—who face a schedule of days defined by sizzling grease, fast-paced work and low wages.
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David Moberg
With another stroke of his pen, President Obama can authorize an Executive Order mandating paid sick leave for the same federally contracted workers whom he just gave a raise to.
Blog
Damon L. Daniels
Put simply, how do we square that “college is worth it” from the increasing body of evidence that student debt is not necessarily good debt? The unsatisfying answer, of course, is that it depends.
Blog
Mark Huelsman
Demos Senior Fellow Wallace Turbeville joins a Hammer Forum on community banking.
In the media
College is the gateway to the middle class for most young people, but the price has never been higher. And a new study shows that New Jersey has actually exacerbated the student debt crisis by shifting the costs of college onto students and families. According to the national think tank Demos
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Jalina Wayser
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Graduate wearing cap and gown from behind in black and white
We need a return to valuing equity in higher education.
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David Callahan
There is a tendency among elite opinion makers to believe that debt accrued while gaining a college degree is “good debt” that isn’t problematic because, as the thought goes, those with college degrees tend to make enough money to recoup their debt over a lifetime. Student debt is supposedly an
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Mark Heulsman
Sean McElwee
Activists want to put the brakes on CEO Don Thompson's multimillion dollar pay package. Health advocates are petitioning LeBron James to stop peddling McDonald's junk food to kids. And, hundreds of fast-food workers are expected to protest for higher wages, starting a day before the meeting. All of
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Patrick M. Sheridan
In a 2006 “Saturday Night Live” sketch, Chris Parnell sums up the conventional wisdom about credit card debt: “Did you know millions of Americans live with debt they can not control? That’s why I’ve developed this unique new program for managing your debt. It’s called, Don’t Buy Stuff You Can’t
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Sean McElwee