Editorial Cartoons
Editorial Cartoons
Labor
Asian Garment Workers Take On Big Fashion
Mar 1, 2023 A new international campaign is targeting fashion brands that spend vast sums on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost pandemic wages.
TD Original
Eviction on the Installment Plan
Feb 27, 2023 Across the country, people and families priced out of the real estate market are turning to temporary housing built to shelter traveling workers.
Bernie Sanders’ Radical New Proposal Could Transform America
Jun 16, 2019 The presidential hopeful takes a page from FDR's book to propose an economic bill of rights that could drastically improve Americans' lives.
Building on Our Poor People’s Campaign Coverage
Jun 10, 2018 Our reader-funded project to launch coverage of this important movement has been a success. Now we need your help to keep documenting activism across the nation in this historic moment.
Politics
Documenting the Poor People’s Campaign
May 29, 2018 Activists and civil rights advocates from across the nation have joined to create a new movement that is reigniting Martin Luther King's 1968 effort to fight racism, militarism and materialism.
Poor People’s Campaign Aims to Bring MLK’s Dream to Fruition
May 12, 2018 A movement to bring poverty to the center of the political agenda kicks off Monday, and Truthdig is launching a reader-funded drive to help the website cover the story.
Thinker
Nov 25, 2015
‘Poverty Pay’ Leads Wal-Mart Employees to Steal Lunches From Co-Workers
Nov 15, 2015 Wal-Mart's workers are so poor they’re skipping lunch, sharing the food of others or stealing from co-workers, some of them said as they announced a 15-day fast aimed at raising the company's wages.
Miss America
Sep 8, 2014Kristen Bell Sings Revamp of Mary Poppins Tune With Minimum Wage Message
Jul 26, 2014 The hit "Funny or Die" video casts Kristen Bell as a fed-up Mary Poppins, quitting her "choice" nanny position in protest of earning a minimum wage that has her living below the poverty line. But the timeless Disney character has a good idea about what will make her stay.
