Labor Celebrates as Michigan Senate Votes to Overturn “Right-to-Work” Law
The legislation will end "the failed experiment of gutting Michigan workers' rights," said one lawmaker.
Corporate Power
The Unconscionable Push to Bring Back Child Labor
Rather than offering wages attractive to adults, employers want lawmakers to push teens into some of the most dangerous jobs in the country.
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.
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.