Labor

As President Obama prepares to speak to the needs of working women during the White House Summit on Working Families, a new report from public policy organization Demos highlights …

Over the past four decades, women have played increasingly important roles as breadwinners in their families. At the same time, women's share of unpaid care work and housework has …

As more and more cities add bike share programs, it's important that we talk about safety, and for a lot of people that discussion comes down to helmets.

Federal appeals court invalidates Department of Labor rules that set unfair employment standards for sheep and cattle herders.

What exactly do anti-sex trafficking NGOs do? Do they support the autonomy and agency of former sex workers or seek to place them right back in the oppressive garment …

Why did environmentalists not reject the flaccid EPA carbon emissions regulation proposals as too little, too late?

Vijay Prashad: Although it's not clear where the Saudis stand in relation to ISIS, the group itself is a product of the Iraq War, and Western diplomats were in …

Despite the widespread governmental denial of anthropogenic climate disruption, many signs indicate we are already past the point of no return, headed toward a “dead planet.”

If there's one piece of data that people across the country have been talking (and arguing) about lately, it's the minimum wage.

A multinational corporation Rio Tinto, wants to convince the federal government to let it mine beneath the campground and surrounding land against the wishes of residents.