Chicago Nurses Vs. Koch Petcoke Piles
Holy axis of evil, Batman! A dramatic fossil fuel threefer is brewing in Chicago, as mountains of the carbon-saturated fuel...
Category: Fighting Back
Robert Reich: How to Shrink Inequality
The data on widening inequality are remarkably and disturbingly clear. The Congressional Budget Office has found that between 1979 and...
Fast-Food Strikes Go Global
On Thursday, the fast-food strikes that have been spreading around the country are going global. Workers at restaurants like Burger...
Big Coal is trying to jail climate activists just for speaking out — sign the petition!
Fossil fuel divestment campaigns are working. They’re working so well that Big Coal is scared and striking back, frantically trying...
Salary of McDonald’s CEO should be slashed, activist shareholders say
The salary of McDonald’s CEO Donald Thompson should be slashed by the company’s Board of Directors due to the chain’s...
Koch Brothers Face Lawsuit Over Chicago’s Toxic Black Dust
Environmentalists are planning to take billionaires Charles and David Koch to court, alleging the brothers’ companies are responsible for polluting...
Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally
The dramatic progress of the movement to make the minimum wage a living wage was highlighted on May Day when...
LA Sues Bank Of America Over Wave Of Foreclosures
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles city attorney is suing Bank of America for mortgage discrimination it claims led...
Protesters Target Apple for Offshore Tax Shelters
Protesters dressed up as Apple Store employees in telltale blue t-shirts marched in front of the Union Square store Tuesday...
Is Our Tax System Fair?
Robert Reich has a special Tax Day message, explaining why the wealthiest 1% pay a much lower tax rate than...
This State Isn’t Waiting For Congress To Pass A $10.10 Minimum Wage
Maryland’s minimum wage will rise to $10.10 over the next four years under a bill passed Monday night. Gov. Martin...
Pressure Mounts For Higher Federal Minimum Wage
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights groups, labor organizer and their allies are stepping up pressure on Congress to pass legislation...
Politicians Talk Tough On Tax Haven Reform, But Activists Say Talk Is Cheap
Big players are taking unprecedented steps to stop offshore abuses, but financial crime fighters worry reforms don’t go far enough.
Jesse Ventura Rips B*tchy Billionaires: The Poor Work Just as Hard as You Do
Tuesday on his show “Off the Grid,” former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura “called bullsh*t” on the “one percent” who are...
The Next Domino’s To Fall: Pizza Chain Will Pay A Half-Million Dollars Over Stolen Wages
Drivers and pizza cooks will share a $448,000 payout from 23 Domino’s Pizza franchise owners around New York state under...
Lawmakers Take the ‘Minimum Wage Challenge’ to Eat Off a Reduced Budget for a Week
Rashida Tlaib is a state representative in Michigan. But on Wednesday when she checked out at her grocery store, she...
Robert Reich Explains the War on the Poor and Working Families
Connect the dots between policies that keep many of our fellow Americans desperate, and you’ll see they add up to...
