What the Congressional Budget Office Doesn’t Get What the Congressional Budget Office Doesn’t Get
About a $15-an-hour minimum wage, unemployment, and why a low-wage economy is bad for everyone.
Feb 17, 2021 / Marshall Auerback and Albena Azmanova
These Visa Recipients Are Stuck in the US And Demanding Their Rights These Visa Recipients Are Stuck in the US And Demanding Their Rights
J-1 recipients say the visa program is as an unregulated pipeline for temporary migrant labor that props up the US hospitality industry.
Dec 1, 2020 / Noah Flora
Investment in Child Care Can’t Wait until There’s a Coronavirus Vaccine Investment in Child Care Can’t Wait until There’s a Coronavirus Vaccine
Building a more inclusive economy demands long-term investment in child care and better pay for child care workers.
Jul 21, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cooperative Ownership: A Covid Recovery Strategy Cooperative Ownership: A Covid Recovery Strategy
We all have a stake in crisis relief and a just recovery. We should get dividends, too.
Jul 7, 2020 / Nathan Schneider
Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis Undocumented Workers in Coronavirus Crisis
“Immigrant workers give life, give a pulse, to our economy. We need to be taken into account.”
May 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Go to Work or Stay Home? An Essential Worker Is Forced to Make a Wager With Fate. Go to Work or Stay Home? An Essential Worker Is Forced to Make a Wager With Fate.
Scenes from a pandemic: 7
May 13, 2020 / José Orduña
Hit Hard by Covid, Nursing Home Workers Threatened to Strike—and Won Hit Hard by Covid, Nursing Home Workers Threatened to Strike—and Won
Underpaid and overworked long before the pandemic, workers demanded more personal protective equipment, more stringent safety protocols, and hazard pay.
May 8, 2020 / Bryce Covert
The Labor Department Is Sacrificing Workers on the Altar of ‘Reopening’ The Labor Department Is Sacrificing Workers on the Altar of ‘Reopening’
Worker safety and security must be the top priority.
May 7, 2020 / John Nichols
If This Pandemic Is a War, Trump Is a War Criminal If This Pandemic Is a War, Trump Is a War Criminal
The president’s incompetence and malice are leading to countless deaths. He must be brought to justice.
May 6, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People
An investigation into the dangerously irresponsible business of “ethical factory” audits.
Apr 23, 2020 / Maria Hengeveld