Economic Hardship Reporting Project

The acclaimed author and activist had a 40-year history with the Institute for Policy Studies, first as a staff member and later as a project leader and board member.

The shutdown is painful, but it is also an opportunity for labor to take a stand.

I’ll still protest the giant retailer, but maybe a little more quietly.

The tipping initiative by Maria Shriver sidesteps Marriott’s responsibility to pay its housekeepers a living wage.

Poverty and deep poverty persist in this wealthy nation.