Author: Scott Millican

Wage Theft Rampant And Employees Are Getting Taken To The Cleaners

Wage Theft Rampant And Employees Are Getting Taken To The Cleaners

Posted by | Jul 6, 2015 | , |

In May, the US economy added 280,000 new jobs, one of the best months we’ve seen for private sector job growth in a long time. But before we get too excited about those numbers, we need to take a look at what is actually going on inside companies these days. In too many instances, workers are being taken advantage of by their employers. Wage theft is rampant today, and it comes in many different forms – all of them on the wrong side of the law. Listen to Sam Seder talks to attorney Brandon Bogle about this important issued...

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Last Weekend With Bernie

Last Weekend With Bernie

Posted by | Jan 27, 2015 | |

Few people in Washington have been as vocal and passionate about fighting for the middle class than Senator Bernie Sanders. At a time when Wall Street banks, oil companies, and every other industry seem to have a stranglehold on our Democracy, it’s refreshing to hear a voice that advocates for the working class people who don’t have an army of lobbyists at their disposal. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. interviews Senator Bernie Sanders- VT about possible cuts to Social Security and the GOP’s attempts to pass the Keystone XL...

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“Koch Dysfunctional Family is not “Fun” For the Rest of Us.”

“Koch Dysfunctional Family is not “Fun” For the Rest of Us.”

Posted by | Jan 6, 2015 | |

The Koch brothers have become one of the most powerful financial forces in American politics. But before they were major players in the political arena, they were just a couple of boys from Wichita who wanted to live up to their father’s expectations. Listen to Robert F. Kennedy Jr discuss the history of the Koch brothers, and how they rose to power in the United States, with Daniel Schulman, author of the new book Sons of...

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: “We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba”

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: “We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba”

Posted by | Jan 5, 2015 | |

This article is reposted with permission from Inter Press Service News Agency. WHITE PLAINS, New York, Dec 30 2014 (IPS) – Earlier this month, President Barack Obama announced the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba after more than five decades of a misguided policy which my uncle, John F. Kennedy, and my father, Robert F. Kennedy, had been responsible for enforcing after the U.S. embargo against the country was first implemented in October 1960 by the Eisenhower administration. The move has raised hopes in many quarters – not only in the United States but around the world – that the...

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