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Explaining the “magic" of private equity in eight simple steps.

How Scott Walker influenced the Republican presidential race.

Instead of making vague promises to create high-paying jobs, the government should increase wages for the jobs that actually exist.

Retirees could face pension cuts while Bank of America, TD and Citizens Bank are repaid in full.

Twelve red states account for 70 percent of all state and local public sector jobs lost since 2010.

Are cooperatives the answer to our economic woes?

The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.

Despite occasional friction, unions and Occupy have found a way to live happily together.

Republicans have accomplished what Democrats and unions never could: they’ve made the National Labor Relations Board a household name.

Women dominate growing sectors like retail and home healthcare—but the jobs there are grueling and the wages are low.