What’s Happening to the Middle Class?

The economic reports indicate an economy on the move, yet the middle class appears to be in trouble: stagnant wages and job promotion opportunities, high education costs, student debt, increased taxes, and a general sense of struggle and confusion. How […]

An Update on Wall Street

North Jersey Public Policy Network and The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise offer an engaging evening taking a retrospective view of the past financial crisis, and determining what has changed.

David Cay Johnston – Income Inequality

Income/wealth inequality is creating serious problems for America’s middle class and has worsened the plight of those in poverty. Maintaining and expanding the middle class while preserving the safety net is essential to stability and democracy. David Cay Johnston is […]

Income Inequality with Prof. Lane Kenworthy

Lane Kenworthy is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona. His books include Social Democratic America (2014), Progress for the Poor (2011), Jobs with Equality (2008), and Egalitarian Capitalism (2004). His essays and shorter pieces appear […]

Saving the Middle Class

Journalist and author John Nichols discusses the political and media reforms that are essential to restoring the power of the people to set America’s course. Washington Correspondent, The Nation; best-selling author; co-founder of Free Press, the nation’s media reform network. […]

Winning Against Money Influence

Money influence on election campaigns, elected representatives and public policy are considered a root cause for undermining democracy, impacting the economy, jobs, income inequality, the erosion of the middle class and just about every issue that touches the lives of […]