By Rachel Goldfarb, originally posted on Next New Deal
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What Verizon's Op-Eds Won't Tell You About America's Slow, Costly Internet Access (Next New Deal)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Susan Crawford responds to two recent New York Times op-eds that claimed the U.S. has great high-speed internet access - and criticized her work. She says the U.S. is paying more for lower speeds and lower quality access.
Rush Limbaugh on Slavery in America (The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian Warren speaks about the right-wing response to President Obama's Friday speech on race. He argues that when the right complains about discussions of race, they ignore facts and history in a way that is dangerous for the black community.
Inequality, Mobility and the Policy Agenda They Imply (NYT)
Jared Bernstein argues that when Miles Corak pushes for accessible healthcare and high-quality early childhood education to improve income mobility, he doesn't go far enough. Education can't overcome the inequalities that require structural change.
Mr. President, Have Pity on the Working Man (Bill Moyers)
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship contend that President needs to do something about the millions of federally subcontracted jobs that have very low pay and no benefits. With an executive order, he could mandate a living wage for these government employees.
Subsidizing Poverty (TAP)
Harold Meyerson explains the problem with enterprise zones, which subsidize the wages of jobs that businesses might have created anyway. In San Bernadino, CA, the subsidized jobs were almost all low-wage, to the point where residents were subsidizing workers' poverty.
Why Won’t Obama Pay His Interns? (Buzzfeed)
Evan McMorris-Santoro reports on the work of Mikey Franklin, who is pushing back against the federal government's unpaid internship culture. Franklin can't accept a White House that pushes minimum wage increases without paying interns minimum wage.
Here’s how Goldman Sachs is making your beer more expensive (WaPo)
Lydia DePillis gives a step-by-step explanation of how Goldman Sachs's involvement in the aluminum market is raising prices. Goldman owns aluminum warehouses, and the cost of rent to store aluminum is eventually passed to buyers, inflating the price of the commodity.
New on Next New Deal
Delaware Welcomes Corporations That Put People Ahead of Profits
Roosevelt Institute Research Intern Suzanna Fritzberg explains how new legislation creating benefit corporations in Delaware could mean a major expansion of this form of social entrepreneurship, thanks to Delaware's corporation-friendly atmosphere.