Category Archives: Middle Class Issues

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  [...]

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  [...]

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  [...]

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  [...]

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  [...]

College Grads Launch Protest Against H-1B Middle-Class Outsourcing

An expanding group of American professionals is building support for a January 26 protest against  [...]

College Grads Launch Protest Against H-1B Middle-Class Outsourcing

An expanding group of American professionals is building support for a January 26 protest against  [...]

Tucker Carlson: Millions of US jobs are about to vanish

[ad_1] The government shutdown continues as the debate over a border wall enters its fourth  [...]

Hilarie Gamm Sets The Guardian Straight On What is Really Hurting the Middle Class

When it comes to the Hollowing Out of the U.S. Middle Class, Hilarie Gamm sets  [...]

DHS Opposes GOP’s Stealth Bill to Outsource College Graduate Jobs

Republican leaders are expected to drop a political stinker on President Donald Trump by mid-December:  [...]

We Need a Job Guarantee

Senator Bernie Sanders wants a bold new federal jobs program, and he's right.

This Philadelphia Judge Has a Plan to Help, Not Hurt, Prisoners

Our country is in dire need of criminal justice reform. Crucial failings in our prison  [...]

SEPTEMBER 1, 1939

This poem was written by W.H. Auden in 1939, a little over 77 years ago.  [...]

California Dystopia Pt. 1

I was born the fifth generation of my family in Southern California sixty years ago.  [...]

Why America Needs a Student Debt Jubilee

Student loan debt is a nationwide disaster. There is currently over 1.4 trillion dollars of  [...]

Automation is a Grim Reminder of America’s Looming Labor Crisis

Someone I met recently told me about his recent conversations with some senior McDonald’s Corporation officials  [...]