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Jamie Dimon testifies before Senate

It Takes Jamie Dimon 3 Hours to Earn What Some of His Employees Do All Year It Takes Jamie Dimon 3 Hours to Earn What Some of His Employees Do All Year

So much for the JPMorgan Chase CEO’s being a working-class hero.

Jul 15, 2016 / Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen

Seattle Drivers Union

A New Law Is Letting Uber Drivers Unionize A New Law Is Letting Uber Drivers Unionize

After ride-hailing companies descended on Seattle and began slashing drivers’ pay, the City Council stepped in with a novel solution.

Jul 1, 2016 / Cities Rising / Mike O’Brien

Oregon TPP protest

The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose the TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose the TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics

Working-class Americans have had enough of trade policies that accelerate the race to the bottom.

Jun 27, 2016 / Larry Cohen

Mom and child

Nick Kristof Is Still Wrong About Welfare Reform Nick Kristof Is Still Wrong About Welfare Reform

Raising kids is hard work, and as a country we should acknowledge that.

Jun 23, 2016 / Katha Pollitt

Paul Ryan

The Right Wing Has a Solution for Poverty The Right Wing Has a Solution for Poverty

Pretend it doesn’t exist.

Jun 15, 2016 / Rebecca Vallas

Paul Ryan

What Paul Ryan’s Own Constituents Think of His Poverty Plan What Paul Ryan’s Own Constituents Think of His Poverty Plan

In Racine, Wisconsin, it is clear that a community was abandoned.

Jun 10, 2016 / Video / Greg Kaufmann

Trump Brand Clothes Are Made in China—but It’s Impossible to Find Out Where

Trump Brand Clothes Are Made in China—but It’s Impossible to Find Out Where Trump Brand Clothes Are Made in China—but It’s Impossible to Find Out Where

What exactly is Donald Trump hiding?

Jun 9, 2016 / Spencer Woodman

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

Clinton May Take the Nomination, but Sanders Has Won the Debate Clinton May Take the Nomination, but Sanders Has Won the Debate

Sanders hasn’t merely won a seat at the table—he’s started a sea change in Democratic politics. 

Jun 7, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Walmart Interior

This Is What Goes Into Your Cheap T-Shirt This Is What Goes Into Your Cheap T-Shirt

Overwork, abuse, and economic destabilization are bound to dog the international garment-supply chain unless retail giants take labor rights seriously.

Jun 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Sanders with CWA workers in Brooklyn

Democrats Should Listen a Lot More to Labor Democrats Should Listen a Lot More to Labor

Limiting the number of labor leaders on the committee that will draft the Democratic platform represents a missed opportunity.

Jun 3, 2016 / John Nichols

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