Category Archives: Middle Class Issues

Political ineptitude is destroying the County and City of Los Angeles

The death knoll for Los Angeles has clearly rung. The proverbial chickens have come home  [...]

Feds Spend 5x More on Illegal Immigrants than on Appalachian Citizens

  “Rich Men North of Richmond,” the protest song that soared to No. 1 on  [...]

For Los Angeles Unified $18 Billion Won’t Save District

In what is certain to be financial history’s worst-ever return on investment, the Los Angeles  [...]

Teachers Quitting over COVID Fallout, Overcrowding

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the most trusted barometer of children’s classroom progress,  [...]

Senate Introduces E-Verify – Again!

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying  [...]

Manipulated January BLS Report Lacks Credibility

Delved into, the January Bureau of Labor Statistics report isn’t credible. Wall Street analysts had  [...]

Corporate America Gets Richer on the Backs of U.S. Workers

In August, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that corporate  [...]

DeSantis Trolls America And That’s a Good Thing!

Founder's Corner Dear All, Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the  [...]

Biden Agenda Excludes ‘Equity’ for Black Workers

On his first day in office, President Biden signed an Executive Order to advance racial  [...]

The real meaning of the Statue of Liberty

Executive Director's Corner Dear All: Given the numerous attempts to pack immigration provisions into current  [...]

Overpopulation Is No Laughing Matter

Executive Director’s Corner Dear All: In The People Who Hate People, Jerusalem Demsas of the Atlantic  [...]

On MLK Day, Congressional Black Caucus Ignores Wage Gap Solutions

  The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday came and went, as it always does, without  [...]

Frivolous White House Neglects National Security

To learn first-hand how negligent the federal government is about national security, book an airline  [...]

Displacing American Workers a Norm for Polite Society

In an article titled, Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on the Rise, New  [...]

Rigid Time versus Flowing Time

I often complain about my children’s apparent disregard for time. For them, time seems to  [...]

Southern California’s Neoliberal Impacts During the Pandemic

I live in Southern California, where generations of my family have lived since the 1880s.  [...]

STEM and Foreign Dollars

Dear All: Once again, I am at a loss to shed any light on the  [...]

Which Party is Labor’s Friend

Dear All: Fred Stafford’s article in the Jacobin “How Trump Got His Right-Wing New Deal  [...]

August BLS Report Omits Key Data Revealing Future Worker Challenges, including Immigration and Robotics

Shortly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August report which showed that the  [...]

Senate to Consider American Job-Busting Bill

Shortly before Congress adjourned for its summer break, what it aggrandizingly likes to refer to  [...]

Fallacy of Training ‘Reskilling’ Shibboleth Meme

shibboleth: a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually  [...]

To Increase Wages, Mandate E-Verify, Shrink Labor Market

Democratic presidential candidates have unanimously embraced the $15 federal minimum wage. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  [...]

H-1B Bill Slashes Middle-Class Wages

Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak interview Kevin Lynn on Breitbart News Tonight: Bills H.R.1044 and  [...]

Kushner’s Immigration Plan Would Displace More American Workers from Good Jobs

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner’s immigration plan is a direct threat to thousands of  [...]

Surge of Illegal Immigration ‘Undercutting’ U.S. Wage Hikes

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the flood of illegal immigrants arriving in  [...]

Silicon Valley Lobbyists Chip Away Worker Rights

The Texas Workforce Commission has proposed a new rule allowing gig-economy, app-based employers like Lyft,  [...]

Steve & Kev Discuss the College Admissions Scandal and Its Implications

  On March 16, 2019, Steven Lamb and Kevin Lynn discussed the college admissions scandal  [...]

Trump Raises Voters’ Wages with Tight Labor Market

Goldman Sachs says blue-collar and middle-class wages jumped by four percent in the last 12  [...]

Business Elites Unite with GOP/Dems to Outsource White-Collar U.S. Jobs

Silicon Valley’s business elites and donor-class billionaires are uniting with elected Republicans and Democrats to  [...]

Trump May Drop ‘Hire American’ Policy to Welcome More Migrants

President Donald Trump suggested that he is ready to ditch his Inauguration Day promise of  [...]