Do You Trust Your Boss to ‘Share’ Your Tips? Do You Trust Your Boss to ‘Share’ Your Tips?
The Department of Labor wants to make it legal for employers to take away workers’ tips.
Dec 19, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Republican Tax Bill Codifies a New Gilded Age The Republican Tax Bill Codifies a New Gilded Age
The GOP tax plan harks back to an idea that the poor should be humiliated and the rich are virtuous.
Dec 18, 2017 / Ed Burmila
Retail Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful Retail Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful
There are a lot of ways to turn retail jobs into living-wage careers—profit-hungry companies just aren’t doing them.
Dec 15, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Trump Is Playing a Fascinating Game With NAFTA Negotiations Trump Is Playing a Fascinating Game With NAFTA Negotiations
Corporate America might regret calling the president’s bluff.
Dec 14, 2017 / David Dayen
Democrats Have a Chance to Revive the Party. Will They Seize It? Democrats Have a Chance to Revive the Party. Will They Seize It?
Let’s hope the Unity Reform Commission’s ideas are codified.
Dec 12, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stopping Sexual Abuse on the Job Begins With Empowering Workers Stopping Sexual Abuse on the Job Begins With Empowering Workers
Across the world, workers are unionizing to hold corporations accountable for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
Dec 7, 2017 / Michelle Chen
A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality
In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.
Dec 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign 10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Inspired by an initiative cut short by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moral leaders are planning a wave of civil disobedience.
Dec 4, 2017 / Sarah Anderson
How Forced Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements Can Perpetuate Hostile Work Environments How Forced Arbitration and Non-Disclosure Agreements Can Perpetuate Hostile Work Environments
The legal tools can prevent workers from taking legal action or disclosing sexual harassment and assault.
Nov 30, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Donald Trump Is Guaranteed to Betray His Base Donald Trump Is Guaranteed to Betray His Base
And the real question is: How will his voters respond?
Nov 28, 2017 / Rajan Menon