Research & Commentary

Trump's budget proposal has something to hurt almost everyone, but it's a perfect storm for the poor.

To be effective, pay equity laws need to be combined with strong protections for union organizing and collective bargaining.

An Oregon environmental group secured its new discount program for low-income riders by organizing in the communities most likely to face barriers to civic participation.

Don’t workers have a legitimate claim and stake in what is done with the profits they help produce?

A new report documents record-high Wall Street political spending, executives in the administration, a tax cut bonanza for the finance industry, and a deregulatory free-for-all.

If Corporate America really wanted to help their employees, they'd drop their opposition to unions and let workers bargain for real gains rather than handouts.

Activists blame corruption and greed for labor exploitation and ecological devastation in the Riviera Maya.

Five years ago, an eight-minute cartoon delightfully demolished all the conventional rationales for grand concentrations of private wealth.

The move to allow states to require ‘proof of work’ for Medicaid recipients is punitive and counter-productive—not to mention hypocritical.

After years of criticism from labor unions and other progressive groups, the Bank’s own chief economist is accusing his colleagues of ideologically-driven data manipulation.