Julia Conley / Common DreamsAug 15, 2019
A new study finds that compensation for top executives has climbed 1,000% since 1978 while wages have remained virtually flat. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Paul Buchheit / Common Dreams Feb 18, 2019
The online behemoth won't pay a cent in federal taxes this year. What better argument for democratic socialism could we possibly need? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
DAVID A. LIEB / The Associated PressDec 30, 2018
State and local wage laws come amid a multi-year push by unions and progressive groups to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour nationwide. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Lee Camp / TruthdigFeb 16, 2018
The U.S. economy is not based on health, happiness and life. It needs our death, misery and hardship in order to thrive. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Adam Johnson / FAIRFeb 12, 2018
Corporate media seem particularly sensitive about politicians highlighting inequality, as evidenced by The New York Times' recent check of a statement by Rep. Joseph Kennedy III. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Paul Street / TruthdigSep 20, 2017
As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Jordan Riefe / TruthdigAug 30, 2017
Legislators pre-empt an ordinance that would have gradually raised the local base pay from the state's level of $7.70 an hour to $11. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsAug 31, 2016
A new report says that "rebuilding our system of collective bargaining is an important tool available for fueling wage growth and ending the era of persistent wage stagnation." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 13, 2016
The Economic Policy Institute blames the weak comeback from the 2008 recession on GOP policies at local, state and federal levels. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigMar 19, 2016
Machines are "always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there's never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex, or race discrimination case," says the parent company's $17,192-a-day chief executive. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 25, 2015
The average American worker would have to toil for about five weeks, with no days off, to earn what a CEO makes in an hour. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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