December 23, 2024

Part One:

Overtime changes, decades late – what Obama’s changes mean

What the New Proposed Overtime Rules Mean for Workers


V Pres of the Economic Policy Institute: Ross Eisenbrey
(Vice president of EPI since 2003, Ross Eisenbrey is a lawyer and former commissioner of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Prior to joining EPI, he worked for many years as a staff attorney and legislative director in the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a committee counsel in the U.S. Senate. )

A must read: This story more than anything changed the conversation about overtime in America: Whatever happened to overtime? by Nick Hanauer
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/overtime-pay-obama-congress-112954.html#.VZPbz2DFtBw

Part Two:

Dan Weeks of NH Rebellion on the Declaration of Independence

Part Three:

The California Drought explained
Propublica’s senior investigative reporter: Abrahm Lustgarten
http://www.propublica.org/article/california-drought-colorado-river-water-crisis-explained