October 9, 2013 | Updated May 5, 2015Sen. Gillibrand’s five-point family and economic plan is refreshingly, aggressively pro-worker.
October 8, 2013New regulations released by the Department of Labor and a new law in the state of California provide a pathway out of poverty for over 2 million domestic caregivers, most of them women.
October 8, 2013The right-wing echo chamber has vilified food stamp users with a variety of absurd lies and myths. As a result, people will go hungry.
October 7, 2013Lost in the discussion of the government shutdown is the millions of poor Americans -- many of them children -- who are hurt when the federal agencies stop functioning.
October 4, 2013The Chicago Workers Collaborative works to fight racial discrimination and to improve wages and working conditions for temp laborers in the city.
October 3, 2013Uncle Sam, indirectly, is the biggest low-wage employer in the country. So what's happening to the people who push mops in federal buildings and sell souvenirs at museums this week?
October 2, 2013The real game, if you can play it, is shifting the tax burden onto someone else.
October 1, 2013 | Updated August 14, 2014House Republicans were willing to shut down the government over Obamacare. We take a look back at other critics and roadblocks to social programs that are popular today.
September 30, 2013The DOJ case comes on the heels of three lawsuits filed by civil rights groups in August challenging North Carolina’s extreme voting restrictions.
September 30, 2013Matt Taibbi talks about his new investigation into Wall St. hedge funds that are taking public pension money out of the hands of retirees.
