Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.

As we take stock after Labor Day, there’s much that we have accomplished, much to be grateful for, and yet so much work remains if we are to create a path to economic stability for all of us.

Thousands of low-wage workers across the US and the world protested on tax day to demand better pay and working conditions.

Campaigns such as San Francisco's Retail Workers Bill of Rights have the potential to set workers up for more transformational fights, making bolder demands that confront corporate power and fight poverty and inequality.

There 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.

TalkPoverty highlights the best 20 stories and op-eds that drew attention to critical but under-reported issues in America in the the past year.

The richest family in America can help their workers out of poverty by raising their wages and guaranteeing full-time jobs, and still earn a profit.

Twelve retail chains, including Kmart, will be open on Thanksgiving, requiring millions of people to work on the holiday.

On Tuesday, the Democrats' economic agenda fared better than Democrats.

A new study shows that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour wouldn't only lift millions out of poverty.