Vanquishing the American Dream
As General Motors Shuts Down Well-Paid Middle-Class Jobs, the Old Slogan 'What's good for G.M. is good for America' No Longer Applies
By Jim Hightower
AlterNet

What Is a Living Wage?
If It Happened in Baltimore, Maybe It Can Happen Anywhere
By Jon Gertner
New York Times Magazine

Making a Living Wage in Los Angeles
By Robin Urevich
NPR News and Notes

The New Face of the Campus Left
By Sam Graham-Felsen
The Nation

Five Questions for Robert Greenwald
By Sam Graham-Felsen
The Nation

Books Perspectives on Economic Inequality in America
	Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead By Tamara Draut Draut, a leading young commentator and a fresh voice for change, shows how the obstacle course bedeviling young adults was allowed to happen by a generation of leaders more interested in serving wealthy interests than in investing in the nation's future.
	Democracy’s Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life By Francis Moore Lappe Legendary author Lappe, best known for her essential volume Diet for a Small Planet, examines the rebirth of progressive activism in the United States.
	Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences Contributors include Bill Moyers, Barbara Ehrenreich, Tamara Draut and Jim Wallis, among others. A collection of articles and essays by leading progressive commentators on the gap between the rich and the poor.
	The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future—and What It Will Take to Win It Back By Jeff Faux In his provocative new book, economist Jeff Faux argues that now that they can find workers and investment opportunities elsewhere, America's rich and powerful are abandoning the social contract that until recently had united the economic interests of all Americans.