When Broadband Companies Hire Low-Wage Contractors, They Put My Life at Risk
New federal funding will expand access to broadband, but we need to make sure the job gets done right — by skilled union workers, not low-wage contractors.
Research & Commentary
From academics to activists, thoughtful people worldwide are focusing their attention on economic inequality as never before.
Ukraine’s Trade Unions Are Playing a Critical Role in the War Effort – And Will Be Central to a Just Peace
Social justice, including the full respect of fundamental workers’ rights, must be the basis for Ukraine’s future.
Garment Workers Take on Wage Theft and Wall Street
A new international campaign is targeting fashion brands like Nike that are spending vast sums on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost pandemic wages.
Inequality is Weakening Social Security. Here’s How We Fix That.
When Congress set the cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn’t anticipate forty years of rising inequality. And it’s cost us — a lot.
Health Care Is Sick — And Profit Is the Disease
Corporate consolidation is burning out health care professionals and killing patients. But there’s another way.
A Health Care Cliff Is Coming
I'm one of 18 million Americans who could soon lose Medicaid access. Here’s how to keep people from falling over the edge — and how to fight back.
Credit Card Holders Get Protection From Fraud. Shouldn’t EBT Users, Too?
My kids and I deserve the same consumer financial protections that higher-income Americans get.
Seven Things We Could Do If We Cut the Pentagon Budget by $100 Billion
We could afford transformative programs if we stopped throwing money at Pentagon contractors.
In a Harebrained Response to Labor Shortages, Some Lawmakers Want More Child Labor
Bills in Iowa and Minnesota would allow teens as young as 14 to work in dangerous occupations such as meatpacking and construction.
Thanks to Bezos, Musk, and Putin, ‘Gaslighting’ and ‘Oligarchy’ Rank as Top Words of the Year
The childish media antics of American billionaires paper over the real threat of wealth concentration to working people in Ukraine and the world over.