If Congress is serious about both closing the digital divide and achieving racial equity, they will act now to keep the ACP ...
On the heels of a UAW victory in Tennessee, Mercedes-Benz workers are about to vote on unionization in Alabama.
How many people do you know who work really hard? Or have a strikingly good sense of what’s becoming popular? Or have a talent for getting things done? You probably know people — maybe even bunches of ...
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a sweeping domestic agenda for 2025. Why pay attention to the policy platform of a Caucus that represents a little less than half of House Democrats?
What makes an income tax “fair”? Right-wing lawmakers the nation over have a ready answer. To be fair, they tell us, an ...
The federal minimum wage for tipped workers hasn’t gone up in over 30 years. Workers in several states are taking on the industry to change that.
New research shows that average tax rates for big earners have dropped precipitously since the middle of last century.
Why are advocates of measures like wealth taxes and maximum wages designed to address extreme concentrations of income and wealth seen as naïve or idealistic, while critics of these policies depict ...
In 2004, I was a single mom raising three daughters on my own. I worked three jobs, including an overnight shift as a translator at our local hospital, to make ends meet. Every time I stood in line at ...
How far could an extra 9 hours and $150 go for you and your family? That’s how much Intuit’s TurboTax and H&R Block are taking from their average customer in low-income neighborhoods. Many of these ...