After 13 Years Of Fighting For Wall Street, Eric Cantor Will Make Millions At An Investment Bank
Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), who resigned last month after losing renomination to an underfunded college professor, spent...
Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), who resigned last month after losing renomination to an underfunded college professor, spent...
In 1894, Chicago was the Midwest’s gateway to the rest of the United States. Twenty-four different railroad lines centered or...
In a newly released audio recording, obtained by The Undercurrent, a man identified as a top Koch strategist warned that...
I work for McDonald’s and I make $21 an hour. No, that isn’t a typo. It’s really my salary. You...
(Reuters) – U.S. fast-food workers staged protests in some 150 cities on Thursday in a fight for higher pay, and...
Reading companies’ annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission is a reliable cure for insomnia. Every so often, though,...
The California legislature has passed a bill that would hold companies legally responsible if the temp agencies and subcontractors they...
The Institute for Policy Studies’ 2014 Executive Pay Reform Scorecard – part of the just-released latest edition of the IPS...
At least 72 corporate funders have cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the wake of the...
Reading companies’ annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission is a reliable cure for insomnia. Every so often, though,...
When the political mercenaries of American oligarchy jet off to consort with their electoral paymasters, they never imagine that the...
On Labor Day, families gather, politicians pay tribute to values of hard work, and some workers even get an extra...
Bringing to a close a summer-long supermarket standoff, a deal was reached late Wednesday to sell the majority stake of...
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...
(CNN) — Raising the minimum wage continues to be a top Democratic economic priority, insisting that higher pay is critical...
On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his much-anticipated proposal for reforming the way the federal government tries to alleviate...