I’m Unionizing Amazon for My Mom and Other American Families
Our campaign at DCK6 in San Francisco just got a big win from the National Labor Relations Board.
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Raising the Tipped Minimum Wage Does Not Harm the Restaurant Industry
Data from Washington, D.C. shows the industry thriving since the passage of Initiative 82.
Public Transit Is in Crisis. Congress Can Fix It.
Public transit across the country is in trouble. Fixing that starts with investing in it, not defunding it.
This Federal Budget Will Be a Disaster for Black Workers
The GOP reconciliation bill will widen the racial wealth divide — all to make wealthy heirs richer.
An Infrastructure for Dignity: Building a Cooperative Economy in Cincinnati
Worker-owned businesses in Ohio are providing good jobs and improving their communities.
The Platform Economy Runs on Inequality – and Sidesteps Labor Rights
Promises of flexibility obscure an exploitative labor system — but workers are fighting back.
Six Ways Trump’s Budget Will Hurt Rural America
Republicans in Congress are jamming through a sweeping bill to fund handouts to the rich — at the cost of jobs, health care, and food in rural America.
A $1,000 Taxi? That’s What Consumer Protections Are For
Millions of Americans are victims of scams — including me. That’s why we can’t let Trump destroy the agency that fights back.
Increased Pass-Through Business Tax Break Would Worsen Inequality Without Boosting Growth
The House plan would disproportionately benefit top earners and sacrifice significant federal revenue — without increasing GDP.
The Other Corporate Restraints
Amid the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks, two forces continue to serve as checks on corporate misconduct: state-level regulation and private litigation.
America’s Most Regressive Tax Levy: Our Tax on Capital Gains
Our current effective tax rate on capital gains shrinks as the gains grow in size and duration, inviting the tax dodge — Buy–Hold for Decades–Sell — that’s driving America’s wealth concentration.
Spending Cuts Put Low-Income Coastal Residents at Even Greater Risk of Hurricanes
I’m one of the many laid-off federal employees who worked to prevent, predict, and repair hurricane damage — and I fear for those whose lives are threatened by these cuts.