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  • It's Time to Find New Ways to Increase Workers' Bargaining Power
    February 12, 2015
    | Sarita Gupta
    When workers' power is diminished and people’s voices are shut out of the workplace, job quality and job standards suffer.
  • Society
    Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America
    February 6, 2015
    | Ai-jen Poo
    The moral of this story is that a caring America is entirely within reach.
  • Inequality
    This Unnoticed Part of Obama’s Child Care Initiative Is a Big Deal
    February 5, 2015
    | Michelle Chen
    It's not enough for family policy programs to care for kids while their parents are at work. They have to support the families at home, too.
  • Tip Till It Hurts – Just Don’t Feel Smug About It
    October 2, 2014
    | Barbara Ehrenreich
    The tipping initiative by Maria Shriver sidesteps Marriott's responsibility to pay its housekeepers a living wage.
  • Activism
    Domestic Workers Advocate Wins MacArthur Genius Award
    September 17, 2014
    Ai-jen Poo, head of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, receives a $625,000 award to help expand her movement fighting for nannies, house cleaners and home care attendants.
  • Justice
    Here's What People Are Saying About SCOTUS' Huge Decisions in Hobby Lobby and Harris
    June 30, 2014
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    The Supreme Court issued rulings in two closely watched cases on Monday morning.
  • Ai-jen Poo: My Hopes for Domestic Workers
    January 2, 2014
    | Ai-jen Poo
    A leading activist for home care workers says victories won in 2013 shows that the arc of justice bends, but slowly. She's hoping to pick up the pace in the coming year.
  • Activists to Watch: Ai-jen Poo
    October 24, 2013
    | Peter Dreier
    Historian Peter Dreier explains why Poo is a part of a new wave of grassroots activists changing America.
  • Victory for Women Workers
    October 8, 2013
    | Ai-Jen Poo
    New regulations released by the Department of Labor and a new law in the state of California provide a pathway out of poverty for over 2 million domestic caregivers, most of them women.
  • Morning Reads: Budgetpocalypse Now and a Warming Planet
    September 27, 2013
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers and Company this morning.


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