The meme here reminds us of the incredible challenge facing Democrats in their quest to win over working-class voters. Where Trump looted the U.S. Treasury and gave trillions of dollars to billionaires and corporations, Biden is doing everything in his …
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Can Jeff Bezos Afford To Pay His Employees a Living Wage?
This fellow’s proposition is tough to refute. So much cruelty, or, at best, indifference to the suffering of the people who support you. Just nauseating.
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Moving To a Living Wage for All Americans
From Bernie Sanders: The Walton family is worth $238 billion. Yet they pay wages so low, 14,541 of their workers in 9 states are forced to rely on food stamps to feed their families. I say to the Walton family: …
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Are We On a Path to Sustainability?
A dear friend wrote me just now, apparently a bit depressed about all the green-washing, all the public ignorance and apathy surrounding sustainability, and all the complexities in determining which projects truly are more eco-friendly than others. She mentioned my …
Sustainability Conferences at UCLA — Always Fascinating
There were some very thought-provoking presentations at the quarterly “Sustainability Partners Conference” at UCLA yesterday. At issue is a central question: does sustainability pay for itself? I.e., do companies that have vigorously and sincerely woven sustainability in their corporate DNA …
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