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IRS Cuts Audits of Rich, Steps Up Audits of Poor After Budget Cuts
Thanks to GOP budget cuts, the IRS allows rich people to avoid paying billions while persecuting the working poor.
Here’s the Secret to Getting Young Workers Involved in Union Organizing
Just give them the tools to fight—and don't sell them out.
Marriott Hotel Strikers Set a New Industry Standard
Employees stopped Marriott from making them choose between wages and benefits.
2018 Was the Year of the Labor Strike
After decades of declining power, workers across the US found their voice in 2018 and prevailed.
Trump Signs Executive Order Freezing Pay of Nearly 2 Million Federal Workers
Public employees and government contractors are increasingly worried about being able to make rent and pay their bills.
Questioning the Logic of Capital: A Conversation With Richard D. Wolff
Market-based economies have had their critics since the times of Plato and Aristotle.
The Truth About Santa
It knows when you are sleeping, it knows when you're awake.
Could a Maximum Wage Gain Traction in the United States?
Right now we have an exploitation economy, says Sam Pizzigati, author of "The Case for a Maximum Wage."
Indoor Plumbing Arrived in the US in the 1840s. This Town Got Tired of Waiting.
In 1992, Black residents of Exmore, Virginia, took matters into their own hands.
What School Lunches Have to Do With Fixing Wealth Inequality
Dismantling a capitalist food system could begin in schools, which nationwide spend about $3 billion on food contracts.