Daily Clips: September 1st, 2016
Trump flip-flops on immigration: A truly flexible candidate.
Robots, growth, and inequality: An amazing read—the authors do a thorough job of attacking the basic assumptions made around robots and growth. As many of our readers know, this is a subject that is near and dear to us (listen to our podcast episode here).
Minimum-wage hikes go straight to the ballot: Arizona, Colorado, Washington, and Maine will all have ballot initiatives that will seek to raise the wage—an incredible success for the movement. Advocates believe that all four measures will pass this November.
Georgetown panel urges university to apologize for its role in slavery: Read the panel’s report here.
Tweet of the day:
New @ppppolls show huge support for $15/hr min wage in battleground states
AZ 60%
MO 57%
NC 62%
NH 63%
OH 60%
PA 62%
WI 63%#RaiseTheWage— AU For Change (@AU4Change) September 1, 2016