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Economy & Labor
Economy Adds 213,000 Jobs in June, Unemployment Edges Up to 4 Percent
The average hourly wage in manufacturing rose just 1.7 percent in the last year.
Republicans Finally Turn on Trump’s Trade War, but Will They Confront Him?
Orrin Hatch, Bob Corker and others are enraged by Donald Trump’s destructive trade war.
A Nationwide Campaign to Take Back Cities From the Corporations That Rule Them
We Make This City is a coalition of cities that bands together but focuses on their own grassroots efforts.
Workers at Whittier Street Health Center in Boston Win the Union
Despite management’s all-out attempt to intimidate employees, workers were successful in organizing.
Goodbye Regulations, Hello Impending Global Financial Crisis
Wall Street is again free to pursue speculative profits at the cost of workers, communities and social programs.
Renters Get One Step Closer to Homeownership With This Innovative Program
A Cincinnati nonprofit works to give renters a reason to stay and invest in their homes.
Low Wages Are Driving a Shortage of Care Providers
Providers are leaning more heavily on fundraising to pay caregivers and meet their costs.
Response to “Janus”: Take Their Intellectual “Property”
Reversing the rigged market is the only way forward.
Failed Economic Policies Drive Families to Seek Asylum at the Border
Many families detained at the border have lost their livelihoods as the result of reforms that benefit elites.
Puerto Ricans Battle Disaster Capitalism to Achieve Self-Determination
Naomi Klein's “Battle for Paradise” details Puerto Ricans' fight for ownership of their water, land and energy.