With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, Demos looks at how increasing wages in the retail sector would improve the overall economy.

The Nation columnist Greg Kaufmann reports on the the fight in Cincinnati to end "poverty wages" for the city's 1,000 janitors.

The activist says the diversity of the winning majority holds the seeds of a new America.

How many hours do people making minimum wage need to work to afford their rent?

Bill talks with author Holly Sklar about the battle for a "living wage” in America.