Author:Matt Bruenig
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                  Starbucks Union Grows to 5,000 Workers in June
The Starbucks Union won 82 elections in June, its best month so far.
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                  New Romney Child Benefit Carves Out the Poor
A once-promising plan is no longer worth considering.
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                  Jobs Report: Full-Time Employment Rate Ticks Up to 39.9%
The last 12 months saw nearly 19 million unemployment events.
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                  The Starbucks Union Won 60 Elections in May
By the end of May, the Starbucks Union had unionized 102 stores and 2,815 workers.
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                  The Rapidly Growing Starbucks Union in Numbers
Based on current filings alone, the Starbucks Union is already on track to have 6,400 workers at 230 stores.
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                  The Racial Dynamics of Student Debt
The distribution of student debt varies a bit by race.
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                  Jobs Report: Employment Rate Ticks Down to 47.5%
Over 1.7 million workers became unemployed last month, 19 million in the last 12 months.
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                  Gender Equality in the US and Nordics
The Nordic labor market looks a lot like the US labor market when it comes to gender.
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                  The Dem Policy Apparatus Is Very Dysfunctional
The Democratic policy world produces bad ideas and then misleads everybody about them.
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                  Twenty Million People Became Unemployed Last Year
The jobs report gives a misleading understanding of unemployment.