Labor

Corporate Fearmongering Over Fast Food Wages Have Aged Like Cold French Fries

Janine Jackson / FAIR Dec 16, 2024 The evidence is in: Minimum wage hikes tend to have little to no effect on employment, but can raise the wages of hundreds of thousands of workers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

The Tipped Wage System Is Failing — and Removing Taxes Won’t Save It

Red Schomburg / Inequality.org Oct 18, 2024 Most tipped workers don’t earn enough to pay taxes anyway. What's really needed is a wage hike. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

Higher Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers Doesn’t Hurt the Economy

Mark Kreidler / Capital & Main Apr 5, 2024 Studies have repeatedly shown wage increases bring few job cuts and boost local economies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Author Interview

The Big Lie: What’s Good for Corporate America Is Good for You

Kelly Candaele / Capital & Main Jan 3, 2024 After decades of shaping the nation’s narrative, corporate America has now weaponized its playbook in a more aggressive way, the authors of Corporate Bullsh*t warn. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

How Solidarity Got Amazon Workers a Raise Before a Union

Christopher Salazar / Capital & Main Dec 26, 2023 Two Christmas rushes ago, workers at this Amazon air cargo hub started to win improvements at work by relying on each other. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

Prison Labor Is Slave Labor and the Constitution Says That’s Fine

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig Sep 3, 2023 Incarcerated people work for cents on the dollar or for free to make goods you use. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Books

Inequality: America’s Silent Killer

Stephen Bezruchka / Routledge Nov 28, 2022 We will only achieve a truly healthy society by redistributing a little from the rich to the poor. In an era of staggering inequality, we can easily afford it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

How Low-income Voters Shaped the Midterm Elections

Shailly Gupta Barnes / Other Words Nov 17, 2022 Visions for living wages, health care, housing, and more beginning to take shape. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Economic Despair Drives Workers to Their Deaths

By Tom Conway / Independent Media Institute Jan 16, 2020 More and more often, economic despair kills the have-nots. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S. Adds 145,000 Jobs; Unemployment Holds at 3.5%

JOSH BOAK / The Associated Press Jan 10, 2020 The job market remains strong, although hiring and wage gains have slowed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Left Is Finally Winning the War of Ideas

Lee Camp / Truthdig Dec 3, 2019 Despite the establishment’s best efforts, progressive issues are dominating the conversation—just look at the Democratic primaries. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Road to Homelessness

Pat Bagley / The Salt Lake Tribune, UT Nov 7, 2019 Dig deeper