Labor

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.

While the rich are getting richer, the rest of us are falling further behind.

Updates on no growth in the US; China overtakes the US; the costs of the GM bailout; defeat of the bill to raise minimum wage while Hawaii raises its …

American Family Voices (AFV) compiled a video to celebrate the publication of Elizabeth Warren's new book.

The majority of the Senate want to increase the federal minimum wage. However, 42 Republicans refuse to allow a debate on the issue, and more.