Toubman: ‘If we don’t raise revenue somehow, we shred the safety net’ — By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | July 30, 2017 — CT Mirror KEITH M. PHANEUF / CTMIRROR.ORG Sheldon Toubman, staff attorney with New Haven Legal Assistance Association One of Connecticut’s most…
Not so fast: U.S. restaurant workers seek ban on surprise scheduling — By — Peter Szekely — Reuters — McDonald’s employee Ashley Bruce poses in front of the restaurant where she works in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 13, 2017.John Gress NEW YORK…
Home care workers have our lives in their hands. They’re paid only $10 an hour by Sarah Jaffe, The Guardian, Jul 14 2017 Read the article — here’s a summary: Although home care workers have begun to…
Helping the newest, neediest minority –By David Holahan –East Haddam — In CT ViewPoints — CT Mirror — July 10, 2017 Having just retired and with time on my idle hands, I want to give something back to society, to…
Raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift wages for 41 million American workers By David Cooper • April 26, 2017 — Economic Policy Institute Introduction and executive summary The federal minimum wage was established in 1938, as…
Agents of Inequality: How Wealth Managers to the Super-Rich Undermine Society and What We Can Do About It An expert on their secretive world explains how these shadowy practitioners of financial trickery help facilitate widespread tax evasion—and undermine democratic government….
Connecticut’s millionaire migration myth Ellen Shemitz and Derek Thomas–Connecticut Voices for Children — in CT Mirror Viewpoints As the legislature toils to come to consensus on this year’s budget, we urge them to make decisions grounded in facts, research, and…
GOP Tax Plans Would Emulate Failed Kansas Experiment Massive tax cuts Kansas enacted in 2012 were among the largest ever adopted by a state, and delivered lopsided benefits to the wealthy. Key architects of Kansas’ tax cuts, including Governor Sam…
OPINION | MOHAMAD ALI AND ALAN CLAYTON-MATTHEWS — Boston Globe Millionaire tax will put Massachusetts back on track SCOTT EISEN/GETTY IMAGES — Worn at a Tax Day protest in April in Cambridge. WE ALL WANT a future for…
Religious Leaders Arrested At State Capitol While Protesting Budget Cuts Rebecca Lurye — Hartford Courant — Six clergy and seminary members were arrested inside the Capitol on Monday while protesting the state’s planned budget cuts to health care, education and other…