Economy & Labor

Frank Hammer: GOP Governor and State legislature pass law weakening union rights.

Gerald Epstein: The money thrown at corporations by states to invite investment is a boondoggle that should be ended by federal law.

There's more to Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge than ideology or principle - it's also about Norquist's efforts keep taxes low for his donor base of billionaires.

Students at one of the last free universities in the US rebel against Cooper Union's plans to start charging tuition, and more.

Speaking on behalf of youth organizations, Munira Sibai criticized the actions of world leaders as she addressed the UN Climate Change Conference.

Americans committed to a renewal of democracy are likely to discover this can only be meaningfully achieved in units of scale smaller than a continent.

Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.

ABC World News has done two pretty tough reports from Brian Ross on the horrible fire at the Tazreen garment factory in Bangladesh that killed 114 workers. On November …

Walmart drops thousands of part-time employees from its health insurance plan in the week after widespread protests against the retail giant, and more.

What does the drama in Washington over the u201cfiscal cliffu201d have to do with strikes and work stoppages among Americau2019s lowest-paid workers at Walmart, McDonaldu2019s, Burger King, and Dominou2019s …