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New Report Offers Blueprint for a 'Clean Slate' for Workers to Fight Economic Inequality and Strengthen Labor Unions

In Response to Oxfam Inequality Report, Sanders Calls for Global Movement to Counter 'Greed of Billionaire Class'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

The White House hopeful emphasized the need to bring people across the globe together to work for "a world of economic, social, political and environmental justice."

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Blaming 'Flawed and Sexist' Capitalist System, Oxfam Report Finds 2,153 Billionaires Wealthier Than 4.6 Billion of World's Poorest

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Clarice Akinyi washes clothes in Mashimoni village, Nairobi, Kenya

"Our broken economies are lining the pockets of billionaires and big business...

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'Champion for Educators and Working Class': Largest Teachers Union in Nevada Endorses Bernie Sanders

Jon Queally, staff writer

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, cheer during the Nevada Democrats' "First in the West" event at Bellagio Resort & Casino on November 17, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses is scheduled for February 22, 2020. (Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

"I thank the Clark County Education Association for their support," Sanders...

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Defying Threat of Termination, 1,200 Florida Teachers Rally to Save Public Education

Survey Shows Richest 1% Not Necessarily Happier, But All That Money Has Convinced Them the 'American Dream' Is Real

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the company's sustainability efforts on September 19, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

"Don't Shoot the Messengers": Amazon Accused of Threatening to Fire Climate Activists

Uber-Postmates Lawsuit Targeting New California Labor Law Decried as 'Greedy Scheme' Against Workers

Trump Denounced for Doing Nothing as AT&T Moves to Outsource Thousands of Jobs in 2020

With Federal Minimum Stuck at $7.25, Report Shows 32 Jurisdictions Will Raise Wages to or Above $15 in 2020

If Current Trends Hold, Women Around the World Will Have to Wait 257 More Years for Gender Pay Gap to Close

Democratic Debate to Go Forward After 2020 Candidates Help Push for Labor Deal for Union Workers at Loyola Marymount

Warren and Sanders Lead 2020 Candidates in Backing Workers Demanding Fair Wages, Vowing Not to Cross Picket Line for Debate

fight for $15 protest

Progressives Blast New NLRB Union Elections Rule That 'Betrays the Workers It Is Meant to Protect'

Workers and allies demanding a $15 an hour wage stage a protest outside a McDonald's restaurant.

As NLRB Delivers 'Victory' to McDonald's, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant's Dirty Anti-Union Tactics

Is Democrats' USMCA Trade Deal With Trump a Big Win or 'Major Strategic Misstep?'

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Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

More Ways US Minimum Wage Fails to Keep Up

Patriotic Millionaires

Abigail Disney, Patriotic Millionaires of California, and California Voices for Progress: “It Is Time for the State of California to Intervene” on CEO Pay

Patriotic Millionaires

Patriotic Millionaire Abigail Disney to Testify in Support of Bill Taxing Excessive CEO Pay

Communications Workers of America

Communications Workers of America (CWA) Launches New Initiative in Support of Organizing Tech and Game Workers

Americans for Tax Fairness

Sunday Marks Two-Year Anniversary of Failed GOP Tax Cut Law

Communications Workers of America

CWA Thanks U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz for Introducing Treating Workers With Dignity Act

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Sonali Kolhatkar

Trump’s Rosy Economic Outlook Is a Big Lie

Thomas Palley

A Stock Market Boom Is Not the Basis of Shared Prosperity

Dean Baker

If Worker Pay Had Kept Pace With Productivity Gains Since 1968, Today's Minimum Wage Would Be $24 an Hour

Joseph Stiglitz

Here's the Truth: Trump's Economy Is an Absolute Disaster for People and the Planet

Basav Sen

Nearly All Americans Want to Get Off Fossil Fuels

Tim Gray

What If Limiting New Fossil Fuel Supply Is More Important Than Reducing the Emissions Produced When We Burn Them?

Arthur MacEwan

Are Taxes the Best Way of Dealing With Inequality?

Medea Benjamin

10 Good Things About 2019

Larry Cohen

Voters Want Change, Not Centrism

Nicole Braun

We Need a New Deal for Housing