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Economy & Labor
Amy Coney Barrett Would Ensure an Anti-Worker Supreme Court
The potential for mass strikes and FDR's threat to pack the Supreme Court helped to protect key labor law.
Economy Adds an Abysmal 661,000 Jobs as Further Layoffs Loom
The large jump in long-term unemployment and people leaving the labor force are ominous signs for the future.
If Kushner Companies Default on Near-Record Loan, Taxpayers May Be on the Hook
The government-backed loans helped the Kushners buy thousands of apartments in their biggest purchase in a decade.
Reclaiming Life and Housing in an Era of Collapse
“We have a moral responsibility to make sure these people don't die," says activist Cheri Honkala.
Domestic Workers Are Organizing to Make Care Work a 2020 Election Issue
Organizers are working to make sure voters “only consider candidates who value and respect domestic workers.”
The First 2020 Presidential Debate Needs to Address Wealth and Income Inequality
In these days of despair over democracy, we desperately need to discuss how economically unequal we have become.
Amid COVID and Wildfires, Farmworkers Have Been Pushed to the Brink
This administration has declared farmworkers essential but failed to provide them adequate work conditions and pay.
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.
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.
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.