The rate of uninsured is now about 50 percent higher in states that refused to expand Medicaid.

The vast majority of restaurants across the country pressure their employees to work while sick or injured, writes activist Saru Jayaraman in this book excerpt.

Democracy’s officially on the auction block. The Supreme Court says it can go to the highest bidder.

Activist Saru Jayaraman — who is being honored at the White House today — recently talked to Bill about the fight for better wages and working conditions for America's 10 million restaurant workers.

The inability of Washington to raise the minimum wage is a prime example of how elite donor dominance impacts real-world policymaking.

Tell us what you think: What’s wrong with the way restaurant workers are treated and compensated?

They hope to extend the "GE loophole" without a lot of public attention.

Bill continues his conversation with education historian Diane Ravitch about the privatization of public education.

Seeing a profitable opening in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, investment groups have worked diligently to bring a “rentership society” into being.

The “Nuns on the Bus” leader reflects on the significance of the recent meeting of the pontiff and the president at the Vatican.