Barack to Mitt: Corporations Run the Economy

By Ralph Nader Sep 27, 2012 President Obama should send this open letter to his GOP opponent -- pronto!President Obama should send this open letter to his GOP opponent—pronto! Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else

David Sirota / Truthdig May 25, 2012 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using his power to undermine a popular proposal to increase the minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Billionaire Bloomberg Vetoes Living Wage Bill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2012 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to live in a better world. That’s why he vetoed a law that would have raised the minimum wage for a measly few hundred or so working New Yorkers to at least $10 an hour. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greece Set for Second Bailout

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2012 Having pulled off the biggest debt restructuring deal ever, Greece is on track for yet another bailout. Meanwhile, the Greek government is also preparing to make yet another round of austerity cuts, which may involve lowering the nation's minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ralph Nader: Raise the Minimum Wage

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 27, 2012 Ralph Nader believes that the call to raise the minimum wage has the potential to divide the Republican Party, which has not been split on any major issue in Congress since Obama took office.The Occupy movement may be able to forge a powerful alliance with millions of working men and women around a national call to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Working for Amazon Is No Bed of Roses

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2011 Heat exhaustion, lightheadedness, dehydration and other problems afflicted employees at Amazon's warehouses around the United States this summer, where a steady supply of low-paid temporary workers keeps the packing and shipping lines fully staffed. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Take the U.S. Inequality Quiz

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2011 Think you have the dirt on inequality in America? Jeffrey Rudolph, a college accounting professor in Montreal, has crafted an extensive quiz stocked full of hard facts and figures from a range of authoritative sources that cuts through the myth and lies thrown up by America's leading misinformers. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Computer Nerd Barbie

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2010 On today's list: Speaking more than one language can delay Alzheimer's, literary tattoos, why they hate us (hint: it's not our freedom), and Barbie goes geek. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Shadow Class War of 2010

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 11, 2010 The 2010 election is turning into a class war. The wealthy and the powerful started it. This is a strange development. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Schooling Scholars on Classroom Success

Moshe Adler / Truthdig Aug 21, 2010 There is of course no doubt that our public education system is broken. There is also no doubt that wages are too low. But blaming “bad teachers” is not the answer to either. These days everyone seems to think teachers need improving -- even people who uncover evidence to the contrary. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Technical Difficulties Bring Luck to Calif. Workers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2010 California's outdated technical infrastructure has made 200,000 state employees very, very happy. After an injunction by the governor to cut workers pay to the state's $7.25 minimum wage, the state controller has successfully argued that such pay docking would be impossible given the state's outdated payroll computer system. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schwarzenegger’s Unwelcome July Surprise

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2010 Around 200,000 state employees in California will notice an adjustment in their July paychecks -- and it won't be the kind of change they want According to an order issued Thursday by Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )