Trade

Jennifer Rubin on Standing Up to Trump

Jennifer Rubin joins the show to talk about how to fight the MAGA movement.

María Teresa Kumar on How Trump Is Failing Latino Voters

María Teresa Kumar discusses how the Trump administration’s economic and immigration policies are affecting Latinos.

Donald Trump Cannot Deliver the Change U.S. Trade Policy Needs

In an op-ed published by The National Interest, Ryan Mulholland explains the need for thoughtful and knowledgeable leadership on trade issues—as opposed to that of the Trump administration.

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Rhetoric on Trade

In an op-ed published by Newsweek, Ryan Mulholland explains why President Donald Trump’s “tariff-and-tax-cut” approach to economic policy failed.

Comparing Trump’s Haphazard $2,500 Tax Increase to Biden’s Targeted Tariffs

President Joe Biden’s strategic approach to rebuilding the country’s industrial base with targeted tariffs and national investment stands in stark contrast to Trump’s arbitrary, imprecise tariff and tax cut-only approach.

Imani Gandy on the Fight for Reproductive Rights

Imani Gandy discusses U.S. Supreme Court arguments on medication abortion and attacks on reproductive rights.

Wisconsin Dairy Farmer shares fears for four more years of Trump

Strategies To Build Worker Power in Maine

Maine policymakers can improve the state’s economy and democracy by enacting these 10 recommendations to build worker power.

How Trump Has Undermined the Wisconsin Economy

While President Trump boasts of creating the “best economy ever,” Wisconsinites are experiencing something far different.

The State of Our Unions

Despite the economic expansion, union density has continued to fall across demographic groups, industries, and occupations, as well as in most states.

Forced Arbitration: What You Need To Know

This Center for American Progress video explains why forced arbitration agreements make it harder for workers and consumers to challenge predatory practices, wage theft, and discrimination.

Infographic: $15 and a Union

Workers are standing up for a living wage and a union. Here is why the union is so important.

Raising New York’s Fast-Food Wages Would Be Good for Workers, Taxpayers, and the Economy

Karla Walter, Associate Director of the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, testifies before the New York State Fast Food Wage Board.

Fight to Raise the Wage Goes Local

As city minimum-wage laws are beginning to pick up steam, evidence suggests that raising the minimum wage does not harm local jobs.

The Failure to Raise the Minimum Wage Hurts Iowa’s Families and Economy

Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst’s extreme position on the minimum wage has no place in the Hawkeye State.

6 Surprising Facts About the Minimum Wage

The federal minimum wage has not been raised in more than five years. Here are six facts explaining why Congress needs to raise it to $10.10 an hour.

It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage

Evidence shows that increasing the minimum wage is good for workers, their families, and the economy.

The Effects of Minimum Wages on SNAP Enrollments and Expenditures

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would lower government spending on federal nutrition assistance by $46 billion over the next 10 years.

Real Family Values: Raising the Federal Minimum Wage

Americans have a moral imperative to raise the federal minimum wage.

6 Policies to Combat Inequality

Six common-sense policies could help roll back economic inequality in America.

Evidence Shows Increasing the Minimum Wage Is No Threat to Employment

Historical experience and academic studies show that raising the minimum wage does not harm the economy, even when unemployment is high.

Raising the Minimum Wage Would Boost the Incomes of Millions of Women and Their Families

If Congress raised the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, millions of American women would be better able to support themselves and their families.

Raising the Minimum Wage Would Help, Not Hurt, Our Economy

Evidence shows that raising the minimum wage when unemployment is high does not harm the economy.

Infographic: Raising the Minimum Wage

This infographic shows how the California minimum-wage increase will affect the state’s working families.