A first-of-its-kind analysis by ProPublica shows that the suits are far more common in black communities than white ones.

Every time you think that beast called the Trans-Pacific Partnership — TPP for short — is finished, it comes back like a bad penny.

The senator spoke at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate last night about what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the inseparable twin of racial injustice" -- economic injustice.

As we take stock after Labor Day, there’s much that we have accomplished, much to be grateful for, and yet so much work remains if we are to create a path to economic stability for all of us.

At a time many Republican candidates are focusing on what people do in their bedrooms, America is experiencing a far more significant crisis in public morality.

This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders took on Big PhRMA, the all-powerful prescription drug company lobby, by demanding an end to the Great American Drug Heist.

In honor of Labor Day, here’s a stab at the impossible task of naming the best songs ever written about working people.

A new book out this week traces a disturbing trend in extreme poverty to the 1996 law, which has gradually but inexorably gutted the cash assistance safety net for families with children.

Perhaps Phil Gramm could run a telethon to support ex-executives shamed for their fat retirement packages.

Major producers continue to pump out record levels of crude and world demand remains essentially flat. Could we, in fact, be witnessing a fundamental shift in the energy industry?