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Democracy and Inequality in America: A Response to Eric Cantor

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Authors: 
Stephen Herzenberg
Date: 
October 22, 2011

US House Majority Leader Eric CantorOn October 21, 2011 Eric Cantor, the Majority Leader of the U.S House of Represenatives, was scheduled to give a talk at the University of Pennsylvania on income inequality.  Cantor canceled his talk after he learned that the University of Pennsylvania was planning to open the lecture to the public.  Cantor's prepared remarks were publis

Keystone Research Center Labor Report Elucidates Middle Class Economic Struggles

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Keystone Research Center Labor Report Elucidates Middle Class Economic Struggles
Date: 
September 1, 2011

PLS

With A Quarter of Pennsylvania Workers Experiencing Underemployment Each Year and Wages Stagnant, a Call for a ‘Moral Economy’

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Date of Press Release: 
September 2, 2011

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Keystone Research Center releases annual State of Working PA report

State of Working PA 2011

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Authors: 
Mark Price
Authors: 
Stephen Herzenberg
Publication Date: 
September 1, 2011

State of Working PA 2011Download the Full Report (PDF)

DN Editorial: Middle class keeps vanishing

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DN Editorial: Middle class keeps vanishing
Date: 
July 20, 2011

Philadelphia Inquirer

YOU DON'T NEED to watch "Mad Men" to know that the 1950s and '60s fell short of being a Golden Age for everyone - except that it was the era of America's greatest invention: the vast middle class.

On Monday, Bob Herbert - the former New York Times columnist now a senior fellow at Demos, a national policy center - introduced a report that suggested that America's greatest invention is breaking down.

Study: Middle class taking the hit

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Study: Middle class taking the hit
Date: 
July 19, 2011

The Daily Item

Report: State’s middle class under siege

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Report: State’s middle class under siege
Date: 
July 19, 2011

Wilkes-Barre Time Leader

A new report issued Monday says Pennsylvania’s middle class is an endangered species, and its authors touted ways to save the group but said there is no overnight fix to the situation.

Pennsylvania Annual Unemployment Rate Is Highest In Nearly 30 Years

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Report Finds Young Pennsylvanians Face Education Cuts, Mounting Debt
Date of Press Release: 
July 18, 2011

Under Attack: Pennsylvania's Middle Class and the Jobs CrisisRead the Full Report

Under Attack: Pennsylvania's Middle Class and the Jobs Crisis

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Publication Date: 
July 18, 2011

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Democracy In Pennsylvania

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Authors: 
Howard Wial
Publication Date: 
July 31, 1999
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Overview

Money has great influence on politics. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has grown. Considered separately, these facts are now widely recognized in Pennsylvania and across the nation.