Interior Dept Blows Off Koch Stranglehold On Offshore Wind Power
The good news for US Atlantic coast offshore wind power just keeps rolling along. Earlier this year, renewable energy fans...
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Is Wal-Mart Treating Workers Like Pop-Tarts?
Wal-Mart loves keeping track of data. For instance, the retail giant’s researchers know that before and after major storms, customers...
Minimum wage laws aren’t just for workers with lowest wages
An extraordinary shift in wages paid to American workers took place from 2000 to 2012, a change that holds powerful...
Pennsylvania Sacrificing Public Health, Environment to Advance Fossil Fuel Industry: Report
On the heels of news that natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale hit an all-time high in July, as...
Social Security Turns 70 — Still Going Strong Despite Right Wing Attacks
For seven decades, Social Security has been under attack by opponents who consider government-guaranteed pensions for Americans to receive as...
Wall Street Has Raked In Almost A Billion Dollars Helping Companies Move Overseas To Dodge Taxes
As more and more American companies have used international mergers to move their profits out of U.S. tax jurisdiction, the...
Jimmy John’s Accused Of ‘Systematic Wage Theft’
Jimmy John’s, the “freaky fast” sandwich staple of America’s college towns, is being sued by two former employees for what...
The States With The Highest Uninsurance Rates Are All Led By Republicans
The 10 states with the highest percentage of uninsured adult residents all have one thing in common: They’re led by...
20 Big Profitable US Companies Paid No Taxes
U.S. companies are looking for all sorts of ways to reduce their tax bill. But scores of big U.S. companies...
Super-Rich Rekindle Love Affair with High-Sea Luxury
The world’s super-rich are returning to the high seas, with the number of luxury yacht sales hitting their highest level...
Tax Dodger Running for Governor in Illinois
If you are not in the Chicago media market, you might not know much about Bruce Rauner, the Mitt Romney-like...
Democracy or Oligarchy?
We are at a pivotal moment in American history. The major issue of our time is whether the United States...
Pregnant Worker: This Is How Walmart Treated Me
Candis Riggins has a new baby. But, since she got fired from Walmart, she no longer has her job or...
University President Takes Huge Pay Cut To Give School’s Minimum-Wage Workers A Raise
Two dozen low-wage workers at Kentucky State University (KSU) will get a raise to $10.25 an hour after the school’s...
Robert Reich: The Ivy Leagues Are a Ludicrous Waste of Resources
What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society. Does anyone seriously...
ALEC Offshoot Tries to Hijack Local Governments
After forty years of pushing corporate-friendly policy in state legislatures, this week the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is launching...
Guitar Center Accused Of Unfair Labor Practices
WASHINGTON — More than a year after its initial election victory at a Guitar Center store, the union representing the...
S&P: Wealth Gap is Slowing US Economic Growth
WASHINGTON (AP) — Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the Great...
Inside Our Profoundly Unequal ‘New Normal’
The Commerce Department released some revised figures on America’s economy last week. Previous numbers, Commerce researchers noted, had overestimated the...
House Republicans Pass Bill to Lower Taxes on the Rich and Raise Taxes on the Poor
So what are Republicans in the House of Representatives up to these days? According to Danny Vinik, they just passed...
ALEC Agenda: Medicaid, Schools, and Exporting Our Gas
ALEC holds its 41st annual meeting in Dallas, Texas starting on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. At this largest of its...
This Congressman Tried to Live on the Minimum Wage
(CNN) — Raising the minimum wage continues to be a top Democratic economic priority, insisting that higher pay is critical...
Paul Ryan’s New Poverty Proposal Would Have Government Micromanage Poor People’s Lives
On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his much-anticipated proposal for reforming the way the federal government tries to alleviate...
Koch Political Universe Vaster Than Previously Known
Newly-obtained documents show that the billionaire Koch brothers’ political giving is much more expansive than has previously been known. In...
ALEC Attacks Americans Who Use Solar
As the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) prepares to meet in Dallas this week, the Center for Media and Democracy...
Labor Board Delivers Victory for Low-Wage McDonald’s Workers
In a ruling being hailed by union groups and wage rights advocates, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found Tuesday...
Rand Paul Flubs the Facts on the Minimum Wage
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says the minimum wage, like Trix, is for kids. Speaking in San Francisco over the weekend,...
Jon Stewart Explains The Most Outrageous Corporate Tax Dodge Yet
It’s the corporate tax loophole that could be costing you billions. American companies are quietly changing their paperwork to make...
Billionaire Blasts Companies That Jump Overseas To Duck Taxes: ‘I’m Selling Your Stock’
As more and more American corporations have used mergers and shell companies to shift profits and shrink their U.S. tax...
Lavish CEO Pay Has Virtually Nothing To Do With How Well A Company Performs
CEOs like to justify their sky-high pay by saying it rewards their work in steering companies toward better performance. But...
Big Oil Threatens Maine City After Tar Sands Export Ban
Big Oil has always been a bad, bad loser. And it is therefore no surprise that it has threatened to...
The Bad Boss Tax: When Workers at Walmart Need Food Stamps to Survive, Should Walmart be Taxed Accordingly?
Can you name the worst job you’ve ever had? For Cliff Martin, that’s not an easy question. All three of...
Paul Krugman: Corporate Artful Dodgers
In recent decisions, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has made clear its view that corporations are people, with...
Fast Food Workers Vow Civil Disobedience
VILLA PARK, Ill. (AP) — Comparing their campaign to the civil rights movement, fast food workers from across the country...
California Voters to Weigh-In on “Corporate Personhood”
California’s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown has permitted SB 1272, an advisory measure entitled the Overturn Citizens United Act, to appear...
States That Raised Minimum Wage Saw Faster Job Growth So Far In 2014
States with higher minimum wages saw faster job growth in the first six months of 2014 than states that have...
