Working Life

Republicans tried all sorts of tricks in their tax scam bill to target taxpayers in Democratic states, including messing with the deduction for local and state income and property taxes…except we’re smarter than they are—at least Dean Baker is. As I find out in my chat with him, Dean has found a way to keep […]

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We’re not resting in the low-key week between Xmas and the New Year. I chat up Marcus Ferrell, who was Bernie Sanders’ main man organizing African American voters, who is now in the fray himself, running for a state house seat in Arizona. And across the country from sunny Arizona, over in the much chillier […]

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Even Paul Ryan, the odious Speaker of the House, is in the electoral crosshairs and has a good shot at losing in the 2018 midterm elections. The man who is up to the task is Randy Bryce, better known in the Twitterverse as @ironstache. Randy joins me for a talk about politics, his campaign and […]

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It’s been 13 years since Ray Gonzalez was killed in an explosion at a British Petroleum facility in Texas. I have a searing conversation with his daughter, Katherine, who keeps his memory alive by campaigning for safety and health in the workplace. Out in California, Colonel Doug Applegate is taking another shot at unseating the […]

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I’ll spend today reminding people that the Tax Scam must be the focus. This is what will matter to millions of Americans for a generation and more to come, not the blip about Flynn (who will end up being barely a footnote in history). So…10 handy tips/reminders: 1. Underscore the madness of the bill process—Republicans […]

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Ironically, it was Ted Cruz who got me thinking about this element of the big fraud and scam of the Republican tax bill. During the November 28th CNN debate on taxes, Cruz, during a back and forth with Bernie Sanders, quietly pointed out that eliminating the estate tax is not part of the Senate Republican […]

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Women are leading the way in the political revolution. I talk with three fantastic women candidates: two who are running for seats in the state Senates in Oregon and New York, and one who is vying to become the chair of the Florida Democratic state party. I roll out five tidbits on truths about the […]

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Leading off, I had a thought about how we should think about the estate tax—billionaires owe us that dough! Keeping up the podcast’s regular reporting on real people running for office, longtime union organizer and first-time candidate Tanya Boone stops by to talk with me about her race for a Congressional seat in New York. […]

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No one would suggest unions have outsized predators like Harvey Weinstein. But, sexual harassment, driven by an entrenched male culture and power structure, has been a long-time problem inside labor. And, now, in dribs and drabs, people are speaking up. I talk about it with labor activist and former AFL-CIO official Ana Avendano. And you […]

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Sure, there were shenanigans in the 2016 Democratic primary. But, we need to understand what is tough politics versus what is rotten in the system. I unwind this a bit in an Election Rigging 101 (and, hey, nice election results last night). I also dig into the battle for labor rights in South Korea with […]

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