Trump’s Labor Day Attacks on Workers

Nancy J. Altman / Independent Media Institute Sep 2, 2019 Workers, Social Security and government make up Trump's trifecta as he undermines labor protections and institutions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Are You One of a Growing Number of Workers Misclassified as an Independent Contractor?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 21, 2015 Without workers’ compensation, health insurance and unemployment insurance, independent contractors are more vulnerable than workers classified as employees. But in some instances, benefits that have been denied can be recovered. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

442 Mental Health Experts Call for an End to Austerity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 19, 2015 Austerity cuts and “neoliberal thinking” among policymakers are having a “profoundly disturbing” effect on Britons' psychological and emotional well-being, say hundreds of counselors, psychotherapists and academics in a letter to The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Here Are Some of the Reasons It’s Messed Up to Make the Poor Prove They Deserve Government Aid

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 9, 2015 Legislators want to limit how citizens in need spend government benefits and force them to give up their privacy and freedom in the process. The Washington Post's Emily Badger explains why this is evidence of a blatant double standard. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

GOP Gnaws on Social Security

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Sep 23, 2014 Dig deeper

Rep. Cathy Rodgers Exemplifies GOP: Benefit From Gov’t Yourself, Deny Benefits to Others

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 1, 2014 Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in giving her response to President Obama’s State of the Union message exemplified everything wrong with today’s Republican Party. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Job Benefits

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The New Year’s Baby

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2013 Stays

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Dec 30, 2013 Dig deeper

Hungry? Don’t Expect House Republicans to Help—or Care

BLANK Sep 22, 2013 The tea party-driven House this week approved drastic cuts to the federal food stamp program. Although the reductions likely won't clear the Senate or President Obama, the vote reveals a coldhearted approach to the nation's most vulnerable, including children, the elderly and veterans having trouble fitting back into society. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Abracadabra: You’re a Part-Timer

By Barbara Garson, TomDispatch Aug 22, 2013 The truly mysterious aspect of this “recovery” is that 21% of the jobs lost during the Great Recession were low wage, meaning they paid $13.83 an hour or less, but 58% of the jobs regained fall into that category. The lost jobs with better wages, benefits and long-term security have completely vanished. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Extend Their Benefits and They Still Take Jobs

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 9, 2013 New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco shows that long-term jobless people whose unemployment benefits were extended at the start of the recession did not become unwilling to work. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )