In addition to slowing growth, stagnant wages leave American households in debt and without much savings.

In the debate about poverty and rising economic inequality, we need to think beyond the minimum wage.

Road trip! Or, two middle-aged women go on a Hunter S. Thompson-esque drug-buying spree across an international border. And score EpiPens.

Despite a new report that the danger has eased, experts warn that another banking crisis could happen anytime.

Much of ALEC’s agenda for its latest meeting returned to a focus on promoting the extraction and production of fossil fuels while putting up roadblocks for renewable energy initiatives where it can.

What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society.

Joel Berg, an anti-poverty activist in New York City, proposes an alternative to Ryan's paternalistic plan that he believes will empower families to take charge of their own futures.

Paul Ryans new plan includes a few positive proposals, but a poverty activist writes that it's doomed to fail because of its reliance on discredited, right-wing poverty myths.

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.