Labor

A group of House Democrats have proposed increasing the minimum wage to $10, which, as Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pointed out would allow the wage to u201ccatch upu201d …

Walker won because he had a vision, however brutish, and he forged a rich-poor alliance that supports it. Barrett lost because he stood for nothing, because the Democrat Party …

Depite the gravity of the issue, even the NYT can't make drone kill lists a media issue.

Dozens of New York lawmakers and several advocacy groups are convening on Capitol Hill today to call on the Justice Department to investigate the New York City Police Departmentu2019s …

The gold rush that has been quietly shaping up over the past several years promises to produce some $20 billion in wealth, but where will the money go?

“Transglutaminase is an enzyme made by the fermentation of bacteria and added to meat pieces to make them stick together. Yes, "meat glue” — it's what's for dinner!"

France and Germany were prepared in spring 2005 to negotiate on an Iranian proposal to convert all of its enriched uranium to fuel rods, making it impossible to use …

Big corporations work anonymously, to take over the reins of government.

Dozens of inmates at Red Onion State Prison, Virginia's only supermax facility, have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, May 22, in what supporters say is a protest …

The Greek leftist party, Syriza, seems likely to win parliamentary elections later this month.