Economy & Labor

$10.10 an hour minimum wage increase shows an improvement but is still not a living wage, which would be twice the poverty rate at $12 an hour.

Hundreds of thousands of West Virginians remain without clean water and anger grows against corporations' power to facilitate deregulation of environmental standards.

It is obvious that the dominant culture's system is not working sensibly and is out of control.

In addition to being less efficient, hybrids are also less eco-friendly on the highway.

Mike Elk: Boeing workers' new contract is a blow to worker pensions nationwide.

Richard D. Wolff discusses conservative inequality denials, the significance of "productivity" statistics, and more.

Nearly 1,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Utah since a federal judge struck down the state's ban on gay marriage late last month.

Democracy Now! speaks to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and author of the new report, "NAFTA at 20."

David Bacon: Obama's push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership demonstrates his 2008 campaign pledge to oppose NAFTA-style free trade agreements was just lip service.

Bill de Blasio began his term as New York City mayor on Wednesday with a bold pledge to tackle income inequality in the nation's largest city.