Beyond Basic Income: Claiming Our Right to Govern Technology Annette Bernhardt, Director, Low-Wage Work Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center, Published in MEDIUM, MAY 11, 2017, One common characteristic of universal basic income advocates, and indeed progressives and labor more generally, is a…
Lembo urges public healthcare option in CT PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED Comptroller Kevin Lembo By PATRICIA DADDONA, Hartford Business Journal, May 24, 2017 Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo is calling for an expansion of the federal Medicare program providing health care for seniors…
Dems Praise Agreement Say Thanks — Rs Say Not Enough Hartford Courant– Christopher Keating and Daniela Altimari Unions Promote Collective Bargaining as Best Process for Reaching Savings – Ratification Vote in July CT Mirror– Keith M. Phaneuf Hartford Courant Says Agreement is…
By Jon Lender – Hartford Courant – May 24, 2017 Accused Of Trying To Influence Bill To Stop Drug Price Gouging HARTFORD — Senate leaders warned Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade Tuesday to drop what they described as her attempt to…
Campaign finance, minimum wage bills in the mix despite budget crush By Kyle Constable, CT Mirror, May 23, 2017 It’s easy to forget the General Assembly will pass legislation this year that isn’t the state budget. With Connecticut facing a…
Inequality University FREDDIE DEBOER Jacobin Ivy League universities fuel social inequality at the same time public colleges are cut to the bone. They deserve to be dismantled. Yale University in August 1997. Kent Kanouse / Flickr Today,…
AP Exclusive: CEOs got biggest raise since 2013 by Stan Choe, Associated Press, May 23, 2017 The typical CEO at the biggest U.S. companies got an 8.5 percent raise last year, raking in $11.5 million in salary, stock and other compensation…
Fasts End As Grads, Protesters Fill Streets by LUCY GELLMAN | May 22, 2017 3:13 pm – New Haven Independent Paul Bass Photo Two separated seas of gowns — one orange, one black — replaced cars on New Haven’s streets, as…
Swath of States Experiencing Hottest Year to Date By Andrea Thompson Published: May 8th, 2017, Climate Central For a swath of states from New Mexico over to Florida and up to Ohio, 2017 has been the hottest year on record…
CT’s lodging industry copes with Airbnb competition BY PATRICIA DADDONA, Hartford Business Journal 5/22/2017 IMAGE | CNN Hotels, cottages, inns and bed-and-breakfasts have long had a stranglehold on a lodging industry aimed at satisfying travelers’ desires to stay someplace…