Jobs

Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?

We need to create a new Works Progress Administration and make the government the employer of last resort.

In this month's jobs report, Dean Baker notes the December rate of labor force participation for black men is the lowest on record.

Who will profit from the development of

An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.

Mayor Murray has made an executive order to begin the process of making $15/hour the minimum wage for all city workers.

The foundation of the current phase is massive public education and building support in all segments of the population for the values of the movement.

Now, just a quarter of unemployed Americans will receive jobless benefits - the smallest proportion in half a century.

Age discrimination could be headed for you, sooner than you think.

The federal government's privatization infrastructure is so expensive that it is impossible to prove the process leads to cost savings.