Win for Gig Workers: California Rules Uber Can’t Hack Labor Laws
Labor groups refused to give in after rideshare companies won an anti-worker state ballot initiative last year through a heavily funded disinformation campaign.
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
Labor groups refused to give in after rideshare companies won an anti-worker state ballot initiative last year through a heavily funded disinformation campaign.
The former mineworker received the Institute’s Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award in 1990 for his leadership in the successful Pittston coal strike.
The “basis step-up” lets wealthy people avoid paying income tax on lifetimes of investment gains.
Pakistan is the latest country to reject the system that allows private investors to sue governments in international tribunals. But Ecuador is back-tracking and the lawsuits continue to proliferate.
From the very start, the giant retailer's business strategy has relied on dodging taxes and pocketing public subsidies.
Black workers have suffered disproportionately from U.S. trade policies designed to benefit the wealthy.
The Hufcor plant in Janesville, Wisconsin was profitable before investors gobbled it up. Now it’s the latest highway robbery by private equity.
In the face of extractive industries' enormous economic clout, Central Americans are facing increasing displacement and threats to their democratic rights.
By raising taxes on the wealthy and redirecting other public resources, we can meet everyone’s needs and strengthen our economy.
I grew up poor and undocumented. Here's what I've learned.