A subsidized jobs program that created 20,000 jobs in Philadelphia shows that such initiatives can be a win both for those looking for work and for employers.

Today’s economy doesn’t contain a lot of good news for working people, yet the last few days have seen some notable gains.

The artistic director of NYC's Public Theater notes that some Shakespeare plays become particularly popular when they reflect the America we live in.

It's time for an anti-poverty contract that addresses minimum wages, paid sick leave, childcare, ending child hunger and ensuring that no one willing to work becomes destitute.

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, these financial institutions draw the most complaints.

Two House Democrats introduced a bill last week that would make labor organizing a basic freedom no different than freedom from racial discrimination.

Bill's interview with the president of the conservative American Enterprise Institute provoked responses from writers and activists on the left.

For more than 200 years, American exceptionalism was the idea of liberals and progressives. It was an idea about what America could be, should be and, if we act on it, would be.

The Republican from Wisconsin has borrowed some populist rhetoric to go with his “kinder, gentler” talk about poverty. But his populism is not the real thing.

The “self-made” man or woman, the symbol of American meritocracy, is disappearing. Six of today’s 10 wealthiest Americans are heirs to prominent fortunes.