Economy

Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Expanding Social Security

Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Expanding Social Security Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Expanding Social Security

Warren used rampant 2016 speculation to juice an important debate over expanded benefits.

Nov 18, 2013 / George Zornick

Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Employees

Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Employees Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive For Its Own Employees

If a company’s employees don't have enough money for food, it’s time to raise wages.

Nov 18, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

As He Runs for President, Scott Walker Runs From His Record

As He Runs for President, Scott Walker Runs From His Record As He Runs for President, Scott Walker Runs From His Record

In his campaign book, Unintimidated, the controversial Wisconsin governor offers a rewrite of his history.

Nov 18, 2013 / John Nichols

Bangladeshi Garment Workers Fight Back

Bangladeshi Garment Workers Fight Back Bangladeshi Garment Workers Fight Back

Surging union growth and militancy is due to courageous leaders like Kalpona Akter: child laborer at 12, union president at 15, she’s now head of the Bangladesh Center for Wo...

Nov 15, 2013 / James North

Momentum Forms Around Extending Long-Term Unemployment Insurance

Momentum Forms Around Extending Long-Term Unemployment Insurance Momentum Forms Around Extending Long-Term Unemployment Insurance

Democrats are now unified in extended the crucial benefits--will Republicans go along?

Nov 15, 2013 / George Zornick

Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 3)

Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 3) Getting Down to Big Business: A Conservative American Romance (Part 3)

We talk about conservatism’s “business” and "traditionalist" wings. But when it gets right down to it, they’re as interconnected as the two sides ...

Nov 15, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Demand an End to Child Labor

Demand an End to Child Labor Demand an End to Child Labor

Thanks to a loophole in the Fair Labor Standards Act, children in the United States as young as twelve are allowed to do often dangerous and backbreaking agricultural work.

Nov 14, 2013 / NationAction

John Nichols: The Majority of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage

John Nichols: The Majority of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage John Nichols: The Majority of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage

Even 58 percent of Republicans support an increase to $9 an hour.

Nov 14, 2013 / Press Room

Anti-UAW Consultant: Defeat ‘Invading Union Force’ at VW Plant Like Our Confederate Ancestors

Anti-UAW Consultant: Defeat ‘Invading Union Force’ at VW Plant Like Our Confederate Ancestors Anti-UAW Consultant: Defeat ‘Invading Union Force’ at VW Plant Like Our Confederate Ancestors

An anti-union organizers calls for another bloody battle in the South. 

Nov 14, 2013 / Lee Fang

Could a Socialist Actually Win Seattle’s City Council Race? Yes

Could a Socialist Actually Win Seattle’s City Council Race? Yes Could a Socialist Actually Win Seattle’s City Council Race? Yes

The $15-an-hour wage candidate Kshama Sawant takes the lead in a “historic” citywide race.

Nov 14, 2013 / John Nichols

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