Robert Reich: The 1 percent is gutting America’s middle class
The richest Americans hold more of the nation’s wealth than they have in almost a century. What do they spend...
The richest Americans hold more of the nation’s wealth than they have in almost a century. What do they spend...
For the third Black Friday running, America’s largest retailer is expected to face labor protests at locations across the country....
While Kmart has claimed that stores try to staff shifts on Thanksgiving Day, which will begin before 6 a.m., with...
Defending his fellow Republican governors’ decision to block Medicaid expansion in their states, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Friday...
The paranoid water-cooler lament that the boss has rigged the rules so that he will get paid even if he...
With the second Obamacare enrollment period set to begin this weekend, there’s at least one piece of good news for...
To the casual observer, Massachusetts may seem like an unlikely place to open up a new front in the assault...
Appearing on Monday night’s Colbert Report on Comedy Central, Sen. Bernie Sanders told the show’s host that he’s still contemplating...
Union workers at the U.S. Postal Service staged one of their largest national demonstrations to date November 14, protesting fresh...
CHICAGO, Nov 14 (Reuters) – A group of Walmart employees pushing for higher wages said on Friday they were planning...
HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced that Obamacare is getting even stronger as 500,000 people accessed their accounts on the ACA...
Although Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, has been referred to as “America’s Craziest Governor,” he won his re-election last week –...
Don Blankenship, the former CEO of coal giant Massey Energy, faces up to 31 years in prison after a federal...
In February, Bene’t Holmes asked her manager at a Chicago Walmart to put her on lighter duty. She was four...
Presidents are rarely able to accomplish much in the last two years of a second term. Tuesday’s election results guaranteed...
What can we expect Congress to do about America’s staggeringly top-heavy concentration of income and wealth over the next two...
Responding to the “disgraceful” voter turnout for last week’s midterm election—just 36.6 percent—Senator Bernie Sanders (Vt.) argued on Monday that...
The Democrats were brutalized at the polls Tuesday, but progressives can at least take some consolation in some notable strides...
“The Chevrons of the world, the Koch Brothers and the others … their religion is greed … we cannot allow...
On Tuesday night, Massachusetts became the first state to give workers 40 hours of sick leave a year. California and...
More than 300 global corporations and financial institutions—including well-known names like Pepsi Co., FedEx, JP Morgan Chase, and Amazon—have created...
Measures aimed at raising the minimum wage passed overwhelmingly in the five states where they appeared on Tuesday’s ballot. The...
Silly season is almost over. But in these waning days before the November 4 election, Republicans are getting in their...
From the transcript at Moyers & Co., where Bernie Sanders makes his usual incisive points: BILL MOYERS: Well, that’s interesting....
Imagine a world where fast food workers can pay their rent and utility bills, plus buy their children food and...
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA—In downtown Sioux Falls, The Banquet provides community members free warm meals six days a week. These...
BURLINGTON, Vt. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a new report that paychecks are shrinking and half of all...