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Economy & Labor
Can a Cap Be Placed on the Incomes of the Super-Rich?
In this excerpt from “The Case for a Maximum Wage,” author Sam Pizzigati argues that a maximum wage is possible.
ICE and Border Patrol Unions Cheer Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
There are signs that the Trump administration has been influenced by the political efforts of these unions.
DC Council Wants to Repeal Voter-Backed Minimum Wage Initiative
A fair wage for restaurant workers is apparently something the DC Council doesn’t approve of.
We Are Nurses and We Won’t Back Down
Some 1,800 nurses at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington took to the picket lines for two days.
National Insecurity in the United States of Inequality
It's time to rethink the American national security state with its annual trillion-dollar budget.
Inside the Koch Family’s 60-Year Anti-Union Campaign That Gave Us “Janus”
Right-to-work is part of the Koch vision.
Corporations and Mainstream Media Trumpet the “Horrors” of Higher Wages
The rich are using their control over the political process to get an ever larger share of the economic pie.
The Kavanaugh Nomination and Labor
Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court has demonstrated consistent preference for the interests of employers.
With Anti-China Protectionism, the Left Is Aiding Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda
Even leading progressives like Bernie Sanders can fall short of full-throated solidarity with Chinese workers.
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
Buffalo's first community land trust is designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.