Mandela was a hard-core revolutionary committed to the wholesale transformation of his society.

While President Obama described his vision for an economy defined by mobility, Senator Debbie Stabenow brokered a deal for at least another $8 billion in SNAP cuts.

Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why all Americans should support protesters who are demanding higher wages.

Last month the GOP-controlled Ohio Senate voted to cut early voting by a week, eliminating the “Golden Week” when Ohioans can register and vote on the same day during the early voting period.

A new study finds that we're subsidizing banks' profits by keeping their low-wage workforce out of poverty.

Thanks to a loophole that subsidizes CEO pay, huge food chains trimmed millions from their tax bills in 2011 and 2012. Guess who foots the bill?

Pope Francis encourages resistance to an “economy of exclusion and inequality.”

Across the country, retail workers are protesting the low pay that's helping drag down the recovery.

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, has channeled his frustration with the corruption of money in politics into an ingenious campaign.

Is Congress pushes austerity, how can we re-declare war on poverty?