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Mark Weisbrot: Contrary to prevailing myths about who would benefit from a proposed increase in the minimum wage, 88 percent of the 28 million workers affected are not teenagers.

As wealth and income rise to the top, moreover, so does political power.

A chemical industry trade group is touting a job-creating side benefit of fracking in North Carolina, claiming that building a plant to process natural gas into the petrochemical products …

The mainstream ideology that works best as capitalism's crutch is blame the government.

You could choke on the irony in Charlotte this Labor Day. The United States' faux labor holiday falls on day one of the Democratic National Convention.

While recent moves by major European banks to scale back agriculture related financial investments is a positive step forward, there is still more work to be done.

Even as Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan exhort Republicans to embrace their proposed Medicare changes and spending cuts, the partyu2019s rank and file is growing less enthusiastic …

As a native and resident of New Orleans who has spent three decades in and out of Haiti, and as director of an organization with offices in both places, …

In today's On the News segment: The RNC wrapped up this week, but Mitt Romney was overshadowed by Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair for ten minutes; austerity …