Economy

The High-Paid Media Types Are Unhappy Workers Are Demanding Fair Wages

For those of us who think that all workers should be able to get decent pay, have decent working conditions, and be treated with respect on the job, the idea that large numbers of workers now feel they can quit jobs they don’t like is really great news.

Dean Baker · Oct 15, 2021

Strike Wave Exemplifies Why We Need More Unions

Hamilton Nolan · Oct 15, 2021

'Some Things Are Worth Fighting For': 10,000 Unionized John Deere Workers Now on Strike

Jon Queally · Oct 14, 2021

Corporate Greed the 'Real Culprit Behind Rising Prices,' Researchers Say

Kenny Stancil · Oct 14, 2021

Nurses at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco

'Striketober' in Full Swing as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages

Julia Conley · Oct 13, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

'Unacceptable': Congressional Democrats Slam Biden's Refusal to Round Out FCC

"There's no good excuse," said Sen. Ben Ray Luján. "I'm absolutely fearful that what the administration is setting up is a 2-1 Republican majority FCC under a Democratic administration."

Kenny Stancil · Oct 13, 2021

New Yorkers receive food at a food distribution event

Health Expert Urges Congress to 'Transform People's Lives' as Millions Face Persistent Financial Hardship

"Congress simply cannot let this opportunity pass," wrote Dr. Richard Besser of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation following the organization's survey showing that nearly 40% of households have struggled to afford basic needs in recent months.

Julia Conley · Oct 13, 2021

The US Has Become a Tax Haven for the Vile and the Vicious

The U.S. contribution to the global concentration of wealth, the Pandora Papers help us understand, has become frighteningly enormous.

Sam Pizzigati · Oct 12, 2021

Occupy Wall Street Was Good, But It Was Never Going to Be Good Enough

Social movements can create change, but need proper organizational structures to dismantle hegemonic power.

C.J. Polychroniou · Oct 10, 2021

This Isn't a Labor Shortage—It's a Strike by Workers Kicked in the Face by Low Wages for Too Long

A lot of those now out of work simply don’t want to return to backbreaking, low-wage shit jobs. Why should they?

Robert Reich · Oct 10, 2021

As Americans Demand Tax Reforms, Analysis Finds Top 1% Hold More Wealth Than Whole Middle Class

By comparison, in 1990 the top 1% held just 17% of the nation's wealth—less than half of the middle class' 36%.

Brett Wilkins · Oct 8, 2021

Oxfam Denounces Global Tax Deal as 'Dangerous Capitulation' to Corporate Dodgers

"It is a mockery of fairness that robs pandemic-ravaged developing countries of badly needed revenue."

Jake Johnson · Oct 8, 2021

Floridians rally in support of unemployment benefits

Jobs Report Confirms Ending Unemployment Aid for 8 Million People Was a 'Complete Disaster'

The latest federal data, said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, should put "an end to the false myth that unemployment insurance benefits keep people from working."

Kenny Stancil · Oct 8, 2021

Omar Demands Release of Memo Detailing Biden's Authority to Cancel Student Debt

"With a single signature," the lawmaker and her colleagues wrote, "you can improve the economy, create new jobs, transform the lives of 45 million Americans, narrow the racial wealth gap, and maintain the trust of voters."

Julia Conley · Oct 8, 2021