Saturday, April 5, 2025

Tag: small businesses

New Year minimum wage hikes hopeful to boost consumer spending, strengthen...

In 2025, 15 states plus Washington D.C. have scheduled minimum wage increases to $15 or higher.

A complete abomination’: Mega-rich hedge funds swoop down to grab COVID-19...

"Without oversight, this is what's happening with the $2 trillion coronavirus bailout: hedge fund managers are claiming relief funds as 'small businesses.'"

The GOP tax cuts are bad champagne for small business

But maybe, with our help, the next Congress will be up to the task of supporting small business, the real engine of growth in our economy.

How to keep businesses (and small towns) alive when owners retire

In Kansas, a new matchmaking service is helping transition small businesses to new hands. Could it be a model for the rest of rural America?

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China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet

Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war

Only 15 senators back effort to block arms to Israel as Gaza deaths surpass...

Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and allegations of war crimes, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected resolutions to halt $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, with only 15 senators supporting the effort.

Ending militarism in America

Taking on the MICIMATT(SH)!

The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the unhoused

This one-year program provides transitional employment, job training, and housing resources for people experiencing homelessness.

10 organizing principles for defeating Trumpism 2.0

We need principles that build power now and for the long term.