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Post-recession: When national income grew, who gained?

Anonymous on July 31, 2012 - 12:50pm


The first two years after the official end of the Great Recession, more than 84 percent of all growth in national income went exclusively to corporations. American workers, meanwhile, to0k home just 4.4 percent of income growth in the post-Recession recovery.

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Senate report rips for-profit college industry

Anonymous on July 31, 2012 - 11:33am

In a recent court decision favoring the for-profit education industry, a federal judge struck down a provision of the “gainful employment regulations” designed to ensure for-profit colleges were preparing students for the workforce without saddling them with unaffordable debt.

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We did it!

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 5:02pm

Thanks to your support, EOI exceeded our (Re)Capture the Flag fundraising goal – and met the $10,000 match from a generous donor!
Your donations will help EOI continue to advance public policies that improve opportunities for workers and students, promote healthy families and businesses, and ensure a dignified retirement for all.

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Health reform means more bang for your buck — and maybe even a rebate check

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 4:35pm

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than 7,600 Washington households are receiving rebate checks from their health insurance company.

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MomsRising Radio talks paid family and medical leave

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 3:34pm

On Sunday, EOI Policy Director Marilyn Watkins joined host Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner on MomsRising Radio to talk about maternity and paternity leave, particularly in Washington state.

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Businesses do better when employees have sick leave

Anonymous on July 26, 2012 - 6:45pm

See the full story at Bloomberg Businessweek

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Public sector austerity holding back economic recovery

Anonymous on July 26, 2012 - 11:56am

The last three years have been the worst in history for public sector job losses thanks to state and local government austerity, which has helped to hold back economic recovery.

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On family leave, most states don’t make the grade

Anonymous on July 25, 2012 - 6:12pm

Parents face numerous challenges adjusting to life with a brand new bundle of joy. In the United States, those challenges are intensified by the lack federal paid family leave policies – pushing parents to strain an already tight family budget or cut bonding time short to return to work.
In fact, the United States stands virtually alone in failing to guarantee even unpaid leave to all new parents. In 178 other nations, new mothers are guaranteed paid time off, and in 54, new fathers are guaranteed the same.

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Half of American households have just 1 percent of the wealth

Anonymous on July 25, 2012 - 11:02am


From the “wait and let that sink in” department, a recent report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service shows the distribution of wealth across U.S. households has continued to become more concentrated in recent decades.

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This is one promise worth keeping

Anonymous on July 22, 2012 - 1:10pm

10-year-old EJ Swanson shows his excitement over Old Glory.**
Today there is plenty of evidence the American Dream is in serious trouble. A recent Federal Reserve study found median household net worth has dropped almost 40% since 2007. With the cost of higher education skyrocketing, how can the next generation have more opportunity – or even the same opportunity – as we did?

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