Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad argues that the grand jury decisions are the predictable outcomes of a criminal justice system doing exactly what it was meant to do.

Organizers say that at more than 1,600 Wal-Mart stores, shoppers on Black Friday will be greeted by employees protesting the company's abusive labor practices.

In the US, there are 578,424 homeless people, a third of whom have no shelter at all.

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.

Like to lend a hand? Ferguson's library and food banks could use some help.

Retail workers in America's second most unequal city might soon have better working conditions.

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

There are two sides of Detroit; the rich and protected, and the poor and abandoned.

Access to early childhood education, quality child care and after-school programs should be implemented with minimum wage raises.

Low-wage earners would have to work, on average, 104 hours a week to afford a modest two-bedroom rental unit.