From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
African American and Latino households still haven't recovered to pre-recession levels, another sign of the growing racial wealth divide. Recently the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment situation report, which...
Should we let ‘entrepreneurs’ get rich locking up kids? Not with my child, says this Louisiana activist, not with any child. [caption id="attachment_12037" align="alignright" width="252"] Louisiana criminal justice activist Grace...
Rising progressive star Ben Chin, the political director of the feisty Maine People’s Alliance, has some important lessons to share. Maine Governor Paul LePage finds Ben Chin so threatening he’s...
With global airlines registering record profits, unions around the world have formed a new organization to fight the airline industry’s cost-cutting culture and secure economic justice for airport workers. Originally...
A proposal to crack down on predatory lending has sparked a showdown between the payday industry and activists fighting to end the debt trap. Federal regulators have proposed new...
Clinton should respond to the British crisis by moving beyond critical rhetoric and adopting serious remedies that tackle neoliberalism’s legacy of inequality, economic insecurity, and loss of hope. In years...
Despite disappointing election results, Podemos party leader Pablo Iglesias has had an impact on his country’s political landscape and vows to continue to fight to reverse extreme inequality. After weaker...
The head of international relations at the British labor federation explains the implications for workers of leaving the European Union. Post-referendum update: Read Owen Tudor's response to the June 23...
After getting iced out of a $15 minimum wage deal in the nation's capital, restaurant employees and other tipped workers are continuing the fight for one fair wage.
