The French economist answered this and other questions about Capital in the Twenty-First Century at a forum last week. Watch video of the event here.

What’s wrong with the way restaurant workers are treated and compensated? Hundreds of people with experience in the food industry wrote to Bill with their thoughts.

Earlier this month, workers and state legislators picketed McDonald's to press Albany to raise the state minimum wage.

If we hope to improve educational outcomes, we need to demand policies that ensure that students can come to class well-fed and ready to learn.

The new minimum covers tipped workers, and will be indexed to the cost of living.

Bill, an 11-year-old at the time of FDR's death, reflects on his father's reaction to the news that the president had passed away.

Historian Harvey J. Kaye on why we must look to America’s progressive past to fix our future.

Kshama Sawant is shaking up the city's political establishment -- and making all the right enemies in her campaign for a living wage.

Workers today find themselves in an ill-defined borderland where confusion reigns, standards are shifting or disappearing and abuse is rampant.

Watch clips from Bill's interview with the activist fighting the National Restaurant Association to get wages beyond their current level of $2.13 per hour.