Minimum Security Minimum Security
Seeing the limits of living-wage laws, activists seek a raise for all workers.
Jun 24, 2004 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month
Like mushrooms after a spring rain, signs pop up at this time of year in hardscrabble urban neighborhoods across the country, promising quick and easy money.
Apr 8, 2004 / Editorial / Bobbi Murray
Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
Activists say no to corporate giveaways.
Aug 14, 2003 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Wall Street’s Soiled Hands Wall Street’s Soiled Hands
The capital unscrupulously pumped from poor neighborhoods by way of predatory loans whizzes along a high-speed financial pipeline to Wall Street to be used for investment. "It's a...
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Hunting the Predators Hunting the Predators
Outraged at lenders who prey on the poor, activists are striking back.
Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Unite and Conquer Unite and Conquer
Los Angeles organizers may have clinched the city's title as a laboratory for cutting-edge economic justice policy with a deal concluded in late May between grassroots groups and ...
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray
Living Wage Comes of Age Living Wage Comes of Age
An increasingly sophisticated movement has put opponents on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Bobbi Murray