The Chicago Workers Collaborative works to fight racial discrimination and to improve wages and working conditions for temp laborers in the city.

Uncle 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?

David Cay Johnston explains what's really happened to our tax system over the years.

The real game, if you can play it, is shifting the tax burden onto someone else.

Find out everything you need to know about the showdown in Washington.

Matt Taibbi talks about his new investigation into Wall St. hedge funds that are taking public pension money out of the hands of retirees.

The annual release of the Census poverty data is the one day the mainstream media will discuss poverty. But here are five other important findings you might have missed.

A set of campaign consultants and insurance agents stand to profit from confusing Americans on the eve of the healthcare reform enrollment date.

Here are some things you can do right now to forge a path toward a more democratic, equal and ecologically sustainable society.

A new study by Demos recommends capping executive pay as a requirement for government contracts to cut down on income inequality.