By Lisa Irving
Analysts across the board lauded the better than expected “Bureau of Labor Statistics” October jobs report that was released last week. That report, showing 531,000 job additions (when 450,000 job gains were predicted) also included some upward revisions to prior months, after very disappointing August and September job numbers. According to many, this upswing in … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
We don’t like to say this much, but it has long been the practice of many restaurants to hire staff as inexpensively as possible and provide them with the fewest benefits that they can, often by restricting their hours so they don’t qualify as full-time employees….I guess that can be a good business plan when … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Most Americans favor policies that improve their wages, their access to meaningful work, and their ability to own a home and keep their families together. An immigration policy with these goals in mind would help. But as David Leonhardt puts it in his newsletter, “the elite’s misunderstanding of popular opinion” leads (or misleads) politicians – … Continued
By Andrew Good
As the curtain closes on 2020, the NumbersUSA staff who work as part of the Media Standards Project have each pulled together a list of 10 noteworthy media items* from the year that advanced a healthy, civil, productive conversation on immigration-related issues. These pundits and reporters provided their consumers with high-quality commentary and information, allowing … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Tuesday night’s event was unlike any presidential debate any of us have ever seen, but in at least one aspect, it was also familiar: immigration policy in general, and the question of limits in particular, were given short shrift. In fact, they were not debated at all. Saagar Enjeti says the absence of a substantive … Continued
By Roy Beck
Much of the country’s attention for several months has been focused on the disproportionate joblessness, low incomes, poverty and overall economic inequality that beset Black Americans. Lots of politicians are attempting to at least sound like they want to do something. But very few seem to realize that tight-labor conditions during that time helped all … Continued
By Roy Beck
Today, I want to introduce you to nine Members of this two-year Congress who have achieved our top distinction in challenging the status quo of immigration policies that drive down wages and increase the non-employment of American workers. American workers and their families have been served well by dozens of Members who have done a … Continued
By Lisa Irving
Discussions on class divisions often center on the highly disproportionate wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a few. Analysts use a myriad of terms to define this group. For author Michael Lind the term is the “managerial elite,” who he describes in his latest book The New Class War published this past January. … Continued
