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NYC’s Economic Development Corporation Can Build Public Options

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By Merici Vinton, Mark Egerman
| Portside
NYC’s Economic Development Corporation Can Build Public Options Published May 26, 2026 In January 2021, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx walked off the job for a one-dollar raise. Some pro-labor politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flocked to the picket line. But Mayor Bill de Blasio stayed home. The awkward truth was that Hunts Point sits on land owned by New York City and managed by the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC).
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Beltway Blues - Dissent Magazine

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By Daniel Schlozman, Karen Nussbaum, Mark Egerman, Sean McElwee
| Dissent Magazine Verified
Beltway Blues The Democratic Party in the second year of the Trump presidency is both remarkably united and notably amorphous. But this era of fifty-fifty politics will not go on forever. A left turn is long overdue. ▪ Summer 2018 The Democratic Party in the second year of the Trump presidency is simultaneously remarkably united and notably amorphous.
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Democrats: Trust the Base

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By Darren Byler, Mark Egerman, Sean McElwee
| Dissent Magazine Verified
Trust the Base Democratic Party leaders have slanted primaries toward bland centrists, in the hope of pleasing swing voters and big donors. This strategy gets just about everything wrong—and the data shows it.
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Tipped Workers Deserve a Real Minimum Wage Hike After 25 Years

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By Mark Egerman, Rachel West
| U.S. News and World Report Verified
April 1 marks 25 years since tipped workers last got a raise. The 4.3 million American workers who receive tips – mostly servers and bartenders – are excluded from federal minimum wage of $7.25, and instead earn as little as $2.13 an hour. This so-called tipped minimum wage has been frozen at $2.13 since 1991. Trying to live on the minimum wage is a nearly impossible order, but imagine trying to do so when your pay falls short of the regular minimum wage, even once tips are included.
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