Indirectly, the federal government is the largest low-wage employer.

In an excerpt from his book Space Chronicles, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why slashing NASA funding is akin to cutting the career dreams of America's youth.

These organizations are all worth watching as they fight for a fairer economy.

Americans aren't moving much, and when they do they're leaving the places with the most opportunity.

Powerful business groups are mounting an aggressive campaign against worker advocacy groups, which have become better organized in recent years.

Years after the financial crisis, there's still plenty of risk in our financial system and regulatory agencies keeping an eye on Wall Street are still being woefully underfunded.

MSNBC's Suzy Khimm reports that refusing to expand Medicaid inflicts a great deal of real-world damage on some of Georgia's residents.

Members of a corporate advisory committee have given big bucks to Congress over the past ten years.

Robert Reich writes that desperation for jobs is part of the reason many workers oppose better safety and health regulations for fear they might drive companies out of town.

The War on Poverty would have been won if years of gains hadn't gone to those at the top.