Bernie Sanders Exposes Republican Scheme To Cut Social Security For The Disabled
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is warning that Republicans are plotting to cut Social Security benefits for 11 million disabled Americans...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is warning that Republicans are plotting to cut Social Security benefits for 11 million disabled Americans...
There is nothing as evil, mean-spirited, and pathetic as a mature adult who sees firsthand that something is inherently dangerous...
WASHINGTON — With a celebrity assist from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the AFL-CIO union federation hosted what it billed as...
You can no longer say House Republicans are opposed to job creation. Set aside for a moment President Obama’s creation...
Earlier this month, in the sparsely populated Kentucky county that’s home to Bowling Green, officials voted to convert the place...
House Republicans passed a bill would take away health insurance from at least 1 million workers by a vote of...
After being accused of “literally lying” about climate change by one of its own high-profile business members, excoriated for being...
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Social Security advocates are accusing House Republicans of launching a sneak attack on disability insurance on...
In holiday special, we feature a Democracy Now! broadcast exclusive interview with Alayne Fleischmann, the whistleblower who helped the Justice...
Former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich produced a short “2014 Year in Review” video in which he reminded...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today will introduce legislation when the new session of Congress convenes this month to...
For the past year, I’ve worked at a Burger King in Tampa, Florida, making $9 an hour. Taxes are taken...
Towards the end of 2014, Americans averted yet another government shutdown. Congress passed, and Obama signed, a 1.1 trillion dollar...
On January 1, 20 states will raise their minimum wages, while one — New York — will increase its wage...
In its latest listing of America’s wealthiest individuals, Forbes magazine for the first time ranks the members of the top...
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon struck down a rule change issued by the Department of Labor that would...
The federal agency in charge of adjudicating labor disputes has released not one but several major decisions benefiting labor unions...
Minimum wage increases will prompt Walmart Stores Inc to adjust base salaries at 1,434 stores, impacting about a third of...
Does trumpeting scoundrels’ misdeeds set them straight? Edward Lampert, chairman and CEO of Sears Holdings, received positive reviews from only...
Holiday bells are silent in the homes of America’s struggling working poor, even with gasoline prices at their lowest levels...
Fast-food chain McDonald’s illegally retaliated against workers who participated in union organizing activities, the general counsel for the National Labor...
Promising to put forth and lobby on behalf of two bold progressive policy ideas in the months ahead, Sen. Bernie...
For the Koch brothers’ donor network, the 2012 elections were a keen disappointment. Not only did they lose what Charles...
Just weeks after Wisconsin’s controversial Governor Scott Walker was elected to a second term, a group with ties to the...
In late November, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights — the first law...
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The stately, wood-paneled chamber in the federal building here unsettled Gary Fox and his wife, Mary. Fox...
If anyone in America was unsure what unmitigated greed entails, or to what extent the Koch brothers and Wall Street...
The House’s narrow passage of a massive spending bill that included a provision gutting a key financial regulatory reform is...
(Reuters) – An administrative law judge found Walmart threatened employees trying to organize workers at two stores in California, in...
On the Senate floor today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled a twelve point economic plan that if enacted would break...
We don’t know who exactly filed the tax returns with America’s 400 largest incomes in 2010. The IRS won’t reveal...
Congress routinely allows huge packages of nominally temporary tax incentives, loopholes, deductions, and credits to expire, only to revive them...
The Republican Party today could be rechristened the Party of the Second Gilded Age. Hostility to abortion and affirmative action,...
As the Internal Revenue Service contemplates new rules to illuminate “dark money” in politics, a little-known nonprofit group is fighting...
You remember Fillmore. He’s the resident hippie of Radiator Springs in the Pixar blockbuster Cars. Much to the chagrin of...
Fast food workers in at least 150 cities nationwide will walk off the job on Dec. 4, demanding an industry-wide...
Some people say inequality doesn’t matter. They are wrong. All we have to do to see its effects is to...
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...