Economy

It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights

It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights It Is Time for a Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights

Let’s get serious about addressing erratic, constantly changing schedules that are a Holiday-season nightmare for workers.

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols

Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart

Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart Black Friday Rage, From Ferguson to Walmart

On Black Friday, protesters across movements came together with a common demand: spend not one dime.

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen

The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)

The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers) The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)

How do we calculate the uncompensated labor of Mexican and Central American migrants?

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin

This Is Black Friday in Bangladesh

This Is Black Friday in Bangladesh This Is Black Friday in Bangladesh

Walmart, Dickies, Disney, Sean John Apparel, Sears: Two years after the Tazreen factory fire, these companies and others have still not compensated the victims who died making thei...

Nov 26, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen

Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either

Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either Why Living-Wage Laws Are Not Enough—and Minimum-Wage Laws Aren’t Either

Twenty years after the first living-wage law was passed in Baltimore, the campaign’s lead organizer warns that the model has been watered down.

Nov 25, 2014 / Jonathan Lange

How Many Ways Can Goldman Give?

How Many Ways Can Goldman Give? How Many Ways Can Goldman Give?

A guide to funneling cash to Clinton

Nov 25, 2014 / Editorial / Brian Taylor

How One Woman Tried—and Failed—to Stop the Fed From Driving the US Into Recession

How One Woman Tried—and Failed—to Stop the Fed From Driving the US Into Recession How One Woman Tried—and Failed—to Stop the Fed From Driving the US Into Recession

Nancy Teeters, who passed away last week, was the lone dissenter as Volcker’s Federal Reserve tore apart the country’s social fabric.

Nov 24, 2014 / Blog / William Greider

This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems

This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems

Progressive senators are objecting to Obama’s latest Wall Street nominee.

Nov 24, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

Warnings about the human and environmental costs went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.

Nov 24, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Julia Paley, and Foreign Policy In Focus

$1 Billion: That’s How Much Walmart Avoids Paying in Taxes Each Year Through Loopholes

$1 Billion: That’s How Much Walmart Avoids Paying in Taxes Each Year Through Loopholes $1 Billion: That’s How Much Walmart Avoids Paying in Taxes Each Year Through Loopholes

Think you're getting a great deal on Black Friday? You should see how much Walmart is "saving."

Nov 24, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen

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