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Baltimore Residents Join National Tax Day Protests, Call on 1% and Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share
As Baltimoreans rushed to the city’s main post office to file their taxes by the April 17 deadline, taxpayers across the street at Shot Tower Park gathered for an rally calling on tax dodgers to…
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Consumers win key reforms from Maryland Legislature
Over the last several months we’ve — along with groups like the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition — been working on solutions to hold banks accountable and improve the lives of people in our community. Thanks to our efforts, we’ve produced some tangible results in Annapolis.
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Citizens Eviction of Wells Fargo
On March 22nd, local residents and activists from Good Jobs Better Baltimore, 1199 SEIU, 32BJ SEIU, Occupy Baltimore, and Occupy Our Homes arrived with a moving van, foreclosure signs, caution tape, and a “sheriff” from Good Jobs Better Baltimore to …
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Congress needs to act now to keep interest rates on student loans low.
Education is a key factor in upward social mobility — it opens the door for better employment opportunities, and a better life. Unfortunately, due to high tuition costs, it seems like a college education is falling out of reach for …
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Activists rally for good jobs, responsible development, and foreclosure assistance on May Day
Inspired by the Haymarket Riot in in 1886, May Day has become a day for workers to rally for the principles instilled by the labor movement, things like: fair pay, safe working conditions, and equality in the workplace.
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As income gains go to the 1%, the rest of us wonder, where is the recovery?
In his updated paper, Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States, Emmanuel Saez explains that while the top 1% of wages earners lost the most during the Great Recession — this always happens — they’ve …
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