Truthout
Economy & Labor
![Donald Trump](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0925-trump-400x300.jpg)
GOP Lawsuit to Repeal the ACA Would Give Huge Tax Cut to the Richest Americans
The top 0.1 percent would see a tax cut of nearly $200,000 per year if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the repeal.
![A masked protester holds a sign reading "ECOSYSTEM OVER ECONOMY" during a protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0923-climate-protest-400x300.jpg)
Voters Want to Use Climate Change Policies to Rebuild the Economy After COVID
A new poll shows that voters want job training for workers who left the fossil fuel industry as well as a carbon tax.
![Postal Office trucks in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, taken on August 22, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/50264365357_cda37aa4bb_o-400x300.jpg)
Insufficient COVID Protections for Postal Workers Pose Threat to Mail-In Voting
Postal Service employees are not being tested nor receiving temperature checks despite facing obvious health risks.
![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on September 15, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0918-mitch-mcconnell-400x300.jpg)
Millions of Children Go Hungry as Mitch McConnell Blocks Stimulus Bill
Desperately needed emergency food assistance would expire on September 30 under McConnell’s “skinny” stimulus bill.
![Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0915-kenyon-f-400x300.jpg)
Kenyon College Students Are Organizing the First Campus-Wide Undergraduate Union
DisÂrupÂtion in camÂpus employÂment due to COVID-19 sparked new urgency for stuÂdents’ abilÂiÂty to barÂgain.
![](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/SEG1-Farmworkers-6-400x300.jpg)
Undocumented Farmworkers Face Triple Threat as West Coast Burns
Farmworkers continue working amid a pandemic and climate-fueled fires.
![Vegetables are repacked into boxes from the Hoosier Hills Food Bank before arriving at Pantry 279 in Ellettsville, Indiana, to help those experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/GettyImages-1210348465-400x300.jpg)
Rural and Native Communities Are Hard Hit by COVID-Era Food Insecurity
The pandemic has caused tremendous suffering for rural and Native people as well as youth and people with disabilities.
![A worker moves coal around with a bulldozer](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0909coal-400x300.jpg)
GOP Proposes Massive Coal Industry Handout, No Direct COVID Relief Payments
Senate Republicans call for $161 million handout to coal industry after nixing COVID relief for struggling Americans.
![A little girl in a face mask holds a sign reading "NO EVICTIONS!"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/2020_0909-eviction-400x300.jpg)
We Need a People’s Bailout as Inequality Worsens Amid COVID-19
History’s largest transfer of wealth went in the wrong direction. The time to reclaim stolen funds is now.
![A "We're Hiring" sign is seen in a store front window on September 4, 2020, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/09/GettyImages-1270681692-scaled-e1599320258286-400x300.jpg)
Official Statistics Show Wage Growth, But That’s Due to Low-Wage Job Losses
A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco says the recent spike in wage growth is an “illusion.”