The Big, Bad Business of Fighting Guest Worker Rights The Big, Bad Business of Fighting Guest Worker Rights
Industry leaders and their Senate allies are trying to kill reforms protecting immigrant workers.
Jul 3, 2012 / Gabriel Thompson
The State of the Minimum Wage The State of the Minimum Wage
There is no state where a person can afford a two-bedroom apartment working a forty-hour week on any state’s minimum wage.
Jun 25, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Don’t Like Sports? Three Other Reasons to Be a Fan of Title IX Don’t Like Sports? Three Other Reasons to Be a Fan of Title IX
Even the non-sporty among us have likely benefited from its enforcement.
Jun 25, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
A Congressional Push to Raise the Minimum Wage A Congressional Push to Raise the Minimum Wage
Minimum-wage workers today are earning less than they did in 1968—and it’s past time to fix that.
Jun 6, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
How the Paycheck Fairness Act Can Help Democrats Win Elections for Years to Come How the Paycheck Fairness Act Can Help Democrats Win Elections for Years to Come
More money in women’s pockets will mean more spending power in political campaigns.
Jun 4, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Do We Need a Poor People’s Coming-Out Movement? Do We Need a Poor People’s Coming-Out Movement?
One hundred and three million people are poor or near poor in the United States today. Is it time to make the fight against poverty personal?
Jun 1, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Ten Reasons to Avoid Doing Business With Amazon.com Ten Reasons to Avoid Doing Business With Amazon.com
Even with Borders gone and independent booksellers struggling to get by, the war for the future of publishing rages on. As Steve Wasserman explains in “The Amazon Effect,&rdq…
May 31, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Peter Edelman: How Did America Get So Poor? Peter Edelman: How Did America Get So Poor?
How did we became a nation that fails to help its most needy citizens, and what can be done?
May 31, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
Wage Theft: A Crime Without Punishment? Wage Theft: A Crime Without Punishment?
Tip-stealing bosses are rarely called to account for their abuses. It's time to blow the whistle.
May 30, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
This Week in Poverty: Wage Theft in the City of Millionaires This Week in Poverty: Wage Theft in the City of Millionaires
The Houston economy is creating more millionaires than any other city in the US. It’s also stealing more than $753 million annually from low-wage workers.
May 25, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann