Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More Paid Sick Days Have Momentum—but the Opposition Might Have More
Ten bills blocking paid sick days have been passed, seven this year alone. But that doesn’t have progressives down.
Nov 7, 2013 / Bryce Covert
The Next ‘Cliff’ Threatens the Long-Term Jobless The Next ‘Cliff’ Threatens the Long-Term Jobless
Time for Congress to start planning ahead.
Nov 7, 2013 / George Zornick
Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery
The domestic workers’ rights movement offers powerful lessons for the broader fight against forced labor, trafficking and servitude.
Nov 7, 2013 / Nisha Varia and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Scott Walker Effect: Helping Democrats Win and Republicans Lose The Scott Walker Effect: Helping Democrats Win and Republicans Lose
The Wisconsin governor wants to be the GOP presidential nominee. But he had a lousy 2013 Election Day.
Nov 7, 2013 / John Nichols
The GOP’s Poverty Denialism The GOP’s Poverty Denialism
According to many conservatives, the poor have it easy.
Nov 6, 2013 / Michelle Goldberg
Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life
People like Luis Rivera are being locked out of the formal workforce forever thanks to one youthful mistake.
Nov 6, 2013 / Feature / Kai Wright
Awkward Truth From a Guilty Rich Guy Awkward Truth From a Guilty Rich Guy
Two cheers for Bill Gross, the co-founder and managing director of PIMCO, the California-based bond house that manages some $2 trillion in other people’s wealth.
Nov 4, 2013 / William Greider
This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years
The Half in Ten campaign lays out a path to dramatically reduce poverty—but it will require a real, sustained and disruptive fight to acheive it.
Nov 4, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign
A socialist candidate wins significant support for a “Fund Human Needs, Fight Corporate Greed” message.
Nov 3, 2013 / John Nichols
We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps
The richest 400 Americans are worth just over $2 trillion dollars, and yet we're still cutting food stamps.
Nov 1, 2013 / Laura Flanders