Labor

In today's On the News segment: Austerity measures are a death sentence for those they impact; Low wage workers will stage the largest strike in fast food history; billionaires' …

A massive online protest to halt potential elimination of net neutrality is having an impact on the FCC, set to make a proposal May 15.

Will you share this chart showing that the US is grossly spending more than all our perceived enemies combined?

Entrepreneurship may be on the decline, but we have the power to reverse the trend. It's time for mom and pop shops to return to Main Street USA.

Since shortages of critical drugs became a fixture of the American medical landscape a decade ago, pundits have proposed an array of incentives to encourage more production from pharmaceutical …

Noam Chomsky reminds us that caring about other people is a dangerous idea in America today, and he trades in ideas that defy scholastic disciplines and intellectual boundaries, says …

Bob Pollin and Anthony Davies debate whether a higher minimum wage means less jobs for young people entering the employment market.

If you do lie, then we beg you to make this your LAST lie. After graduation, you're a commissioned military leader.

Growing numbers of Americans no longer hold a regular “job” with a long-term connection to a particular business.

In this excerpt from the new afterword to “Raising Expectations (And Raising Hell),” Jane McAlevey argues that unions have to start focusing on the inequality of power.