Jeb Bush Cracks the Whip: Says Americans Aren’t Working Hard Enough
Hopefully working Americans are listening to Jeb Bush on the campaign trail. If they are, they should quickly recognize that...
Hopefully working Americans are listening to Jeb Bush on the campaign trail. If they are, they should quickly recognize that...
Macy’s has reacted to Donald Trump’s racist comments about Mexicans and Latinos by dropping all Trump merchandise from their stores....
In late April, some 700 conservative luminaries, including presidential contenders, donors, fundraisers and former President George W. Bush, gathered at...
The corporate office of McDonald’s in Oak Brook, Illinois was closed after thousands of workers and union activists marched on...
While speaking at Georgetown University, the President called out Fox News by name: “But part of it has also been...
At least eight school districts in Kansas are closing their doors early for the summer as a result of Kansas...
One of America’s most powerful and outspoken opponents of climate change regulation received election campaign contributions that can be traced...
Sen. Sanders isn’t just demanding the war tax. He is going to force Republicans to vote on it by proposing...
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has declared war on workers and their unions—and, by extension, on fair wages and the prospects...
Charles and David Koch plan to spend as much as one billion in 2016 in an attempt to capture the...
President Obama has proposed a right to paid sick leave for all workers in this country. Family economic security is...
Democrats appear to have learned some lessons from their 2014 mid-term whipping. Numerous analysts said the lack of a coherent...
“The Chevrons of the world, the Koch Brothers and the others … their religion is greed … we cannot allow...
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker AbbVie has pulled the plug on its plan to buy Dublin-based Shire ,...
Mitt Romney explains his 47 percent remark, Take 23. During a recent sit-down with the New York Times’ Mark Leibovich,...
The AP interviewed one of the lesser known Koch brothers, William, in what seems to be an attempt to soften...
Every August, for most of the last four decades, top central bankers from around the world have been making their...
There are some congressional Republicans who believe the party’s commitment to supply-side, trickle-down tax policy is in need of an...
(CNN) — Does money make you happy? Does being rich contribute to your spiritual life and its possibilities? Is the...
While wages have declined across all sectors in the years following the financial crash of 2008, low-paid workers have been...
The Lac Mégantic oil train derailment that killed 47 people and nearly destroyed a small town was caused by a...
Subway may claim to be the “leader in fast, healthy food,” but that alleged commitment to wellness often doesn’t extend...
Meet Carlton, one of six service workers gathered at 71-year-old Austraberta Rodriguez’s home in Houston, Texas for breakfast with U.S....
Even as the Environmental Protection Agency finally attempts to limit carbon dioxide pollution from coal plants, it is meeting resistance...
Each week, millions of dollars are stolen from American families. The perpetrators act with impunity. There are no arrests, few...
The good news for US Atlantic coast offshore wind power just keeps rolling along. Earlier this year, renewable energy fans...
Wal-Mart loves keeping track of data. For instance, the retail giant’s researchers know that before and after major storms, customers...
An extraordinary shift in wages paid to American workers took place from 2000 to 2012, a change that holds powerful...
On the heels of news that natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale hit an all-time high in July, as...
For seven decades, Social Security has been under attack by opponents who consider government-guaranteed pensions for Americans to receive as...
As more and more American companies have used international mergers to move their profits out of U.S. tax jurisdiction, the...
Jimmy John’s, the “freaky fast” sandwich staple of America’s college towns, is being sued by two former employees for what...
The 10 states with the highest percentage of uninsured adult residents all have one thing in common: They’re led by...
U.S. companies are looking for all sorts of ways to reduce their tax bill. But scores of big U.S. companies...
The world’s super-rich are returning to the high seas, with the number of luxury yacht sales hitting their highest level...
If you are not in the Chicago media market, you might not know much about Bruce Rauner, the Mitt Romney-like...
We are at a pivotal moment in American history. The major issue of our time is whether the United States...
Candis Riggins has a new baby. But, since she got fired from Walmart, she no longer has her job or...
Two dozen low-wage workers at Kentucky State University (KSU) will get a raise to $10.25 an hour after the school’s...
What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society. Does anyone seriously...
After forty years of pushing corporate-friendly policy in state legislatures, this week the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is launching...
WASHINGTON — More than a year after its initial election victory at a Guitar Center store, the union representing the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the Great...
The Commerce Department released some revised figures on America’s economy last week. Previous numbers, Commerce researchers noted, had overestimated the...
So what are Republicans in the House of Representatives up to these days? According to Danny Vinik, they just passed...
ALEC holds its 41st annual meeting in Dallas, Texas starting on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. At this largest of its...