February 23, 2016A growing number of cities across the country are raising wages for workers, but some state legislators are working to stop them from superseding the state minimum wage.
February 20, 2016Documentary filmmaker Anthony Baxter spent two years following Donald Trump’s efforts to build a golf course on the fragile sand dunes of northeast Scotland.
February 19, 2016 A study finds widening gaps in longevity between people at the far ends of the economic ladder. That means high earners are reaping more and more of the benefits of Social Security.
February 19, 2016In this upside-down election, the truth is booed and more attention needs to be paid to the most important issue of all.
February 18, 2016If we are to change the embarrassingly low standard of justice we currently accept for the poor, this is what we have to do.
February 17, 2016One reason is that the Great Recession, which flatlined the lives and aspirations of so many Americans, barely registered on the lifestyle Richter scale of media and political elites.
February 16, 2016It's been 15 years since Barbara Ehrenreich published her seminal book about what it's like to work for the minimum wage in America. Unfortunately, not much has changed.
February 12, 2016The GOP establishment can’t freak out about Trump now. It’s been playing his game for decades, just more artfully.
February 10, 2016Flint, Michigan, has had many toxic crises before this one, and America has many Flints.
February 9, 2016Many liberals have given up before getting started.
