Seattle workers use poetry to convey hardship, fight for higher wages
Green Acre Radio: As more jobs become part-time and low-wage, the fight for worker's rights may be just beginning.
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Green Acre Radio: As more jobs become part-time and low-wage, the fight for worker's rights may be just beginning.
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Guest Opinion: Seattle has the worst gender pay gap of any major city in the U.S. It's time for city politicians to step up and commit to change.
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Austerity and the failed effort by the federal government to cut all ties with tribal governments are twin ideologies.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high on Tuesday, but don't celebrate just yet. With high unemployment and a slow-growing GDP, the U.S. economy still has a long way to go.
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Parts of the new governor's plan for job creation have some bipartisan support. But Republicans want more focus on helping new businesses generally rather than focusing on high-tech firms.
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Off-beat economic indicators -- portable toilet rentals, anyone? -- offer a look into the state of Washington's economy.
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The age of anxiety continues in local politics and our economy. Here are some guesses on how elections and key institutions will play out in the new year.
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In a state where agriculture and health are important job creators, federal research cuts could have widespread effects.
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The initial market dip after Obama's re-election was nerve-wracking, but will the months ahead see more growth?
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We who graduated right when the world stopped hiring suspect the trajectory of our lives won't be a dramatic arc.
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The presidential race is fascinatingly close to the bone of American politics in transition. A look at three elephants in the room, suddenly visible to the anxious voters.
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Op-ed: A Seattle business leader recounts the ill effects on business from the uncertainty over our debt and taxation issues. The answer is at hand: Simpson-Bowles.
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Despite a flurry of bills proposing tax cut adjustments last year and plenty of citizen support to back them up, legislators are slow-walking tax reform.
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Frustrated architecture grads are dropping out of the profession. Still, they like the educations they received.
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Seattle is living in a bubble of stable weather. But eastern Pacific storms and Midwest droughts are cranking up everyone's food prices.
READ MORE | 8 COMMENTSThe latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.
A conservative worries that the liberals are much more on top of this issue than the conservatives, who are feuding with each other.
YouTube is expected to announce a new plan to allow some content creators to charge a monthly subscription for their videos. Children's channels, entertainment and music are among the genres expected to use the subscription option. But, a vast majority of YouTube's videos will remain free.
The problem is that employers lack confidence to hire, not that there are not skilled workers out there.
The latest jobs data shows the economy is creating jobs, despite drops in federal expenditures.
Will Marshall writes: "What if progressives made expanding production rather than consumption the organising principle of their economic policy? What if they tackled the imperatives of economic investment, innovation and wealth creation with the same passion they normally reserve for fairness and wealth distribution? Stronger economic growth by itself may not be sufficient to reverse the disturbing rise of economic inequality. But it is the necessary precondition for progressive success in getting people back to work, lifting the middle class, allaying class friction and nativism, and restoring the allure of market democracy."