Just One Example of How Difficult It Is to Make Labor Law Better for Workers Just One Example of How Difficult It Is to Make Labor Law Better for Workers
The Obama administration’s new rules surrounding overtime pay were realistic and sensible. Why did a Texas judge block them?
Dec 9, 2016 / Michelle Chen
What Happens to a Town When Amazon Moves In? What Happens to a Town When Amazon Moves In?
When local stores close up shop, workers lose out.
Dec 8, 2016 / Michelle Chen
This City Just Came Up With a Novel Way to Fight Inequality: Taxing Corporations With Extreme Pay Gaps This City Just Came Up With a Novel Way to Fight Inequality: Taxing Corporations With Extreme Pay Gaps
Portland, Oregon, has just adopted the first tax penalty on corporations that pay their CEOs more than 100 times what they pay typical workers.
Dec 8, 2016 / Author
Chuck Jones Is a Better President Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be Chuck Jones Is a Better President Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be
Trump is attacking a steelworkers union leader for calling out Trump’s lies.
Dec 8, 2016 / John Nichols
Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists
For progressive Democrats, the challenge now is not just to fight Trump’s policies but also to listen to the people he is betraying.
Dec 6, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Free Spaces Can Help Us Fight Trumpism Free Spaces Can Help Us Fight Trumpism
In free spaces citizens learn political skills, develop public confidence, and build civic relationships across race, class, faith, and partisanship.
Dec 5, 2016 / Harry C. Boyte
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault
There’s a much better way to create jobs and rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.
Dec 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Trump Gets Some ‘Good Press’ While the Downsizing and Offshoring Continues Trump Gets Some ‘Good Press’ While the Downsizing and Offshoring Continues
A factory is set to close, jobs are being lost, yet the president-elect is taking a “victory lap.”
Dec 2, 2016 / John Nichols
The Second Coming of MTV News The Second Coming of MTV News
Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity.
Dec 2, 2016 / Wei Tchou
Elaine Chao, Ruined Department of Labor, Picked to Ensure Safety of Nation’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Elaine Chao, Ruined Department of Labor, Picked to Ensure Safety of Nation’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Under her leadership, the Department of Labor routinely ignored complaints about wage theft and workplace safety.
Nov 30, 2016 / Spencer Woodman