January 6, 2017The incoming president's trade agenda could focus on manufacturing jobs or enriching corporate America. The smart money is on corporations.
September 6, 2016The battle for workers is slowly but surely progressing with reasonable gains in the number of jobs, wages and benefits.
July 22, 2016Democrats need to get comfortable with using the term "working class," or risk losing those voters to Trump, who at least gives voice to their anxiety.
January 19, 2015There is a widely-held myth constructed by the right that the people who struggle to make ends meet don’t want to work. But in reality, people are working harder and harder for less and less.
July 31, 2014Today’s economy doesn’t contain a lot of good news for working people, yet the last few days have seen some notable gains.
June 28, 2014Poverty in the US is, in fact, a much larger problem than we think it is, and it’s one that most Americans will face.
May 22, 2014The unemployment rate for black college graduates has been higher than for all graduates for decades. A new report says that the gap has widened since 2007.
April 28, 2014A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...
April 15, 2014Earlier this month, workers and state legislators picketed McDonald's to press Albany to raise the state minimum wage.
April 14, 2014Women are much more likely to have minimum-wage jobs than men and female-headed households are more likely to be poor.
