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How Low-Income Voters Shaped the Midterm Elections

How Low-Income Voters Shaped the Midterm Elections

Nov 16, 2022

Americans across the spectrum voted to raise wages, expand health care, and protect abortion rights. These issues have a common thread.

Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Win Big

Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Win Big

Nov 10, 2022

Voters approved proposals to tax the rich, build worker power, and make housing and education more affordable.

How to Crack Down on Greedy CEOs, Massive Employee Pay Gaps

How to Crack Down on Greedy CEOs, Massive Employee Pay Gaps

Jul 11, 2022

There’s an easy way to cap sky-high CEO salaries and limit outrageous pay gaps — and it would actually work.

What Makes More Sense, a Minimum Income Tax or a Maximum Income?

What Makes More Sense, a Minimum Income Tax or a Maximum Income?

Mar 10, 2022

The U.S. senator who chairs the GOP Senate campaign effort wants America’s poorest to pay up more at tax time.

Inside the Campaign to Abolish the Subminimum Wage in 25 States by 2026

Inside the Campaign to Abolish the Subminimum Wage in 25 States by 2026

Feb 16, 2022

“This is the only future for the service sector and the economy overall: wages must go up or there will be no future.”

Government Contracting: The Next Big Battleground for a More Equal America?

Government Contracting: The Next Big Battleground for a More Equal America?

Jan 27, 2022

Our tax dollars don’t have to be feeding executive-suite greed and grasping.

Black Labor Leaders and Advocates Reflect on the Pandemic and What Comes Next

Black Labor Leaders and Advocates Reflect on the Pandemic and What Comes Next

Sep 2, 2021

We asked nine leading Black labor organizers and policy advocates how to advance racial equity in the COVID recovery — and beyond. Here are their responses.

10 Charts on the State of U.S. Workers on the 2nd Pandemic Labor Day

10 Charts on the State of U.S. Workers on the 2nd Pandemic Labor Day

Aug 30, 2021

While workers are continuing to struggle under COVID, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.

Poor People’s Campaign Marches on Washington to ‘Blunt the Political Effects of Wealth Inequality’

Poor People’s Campaign Marches on Washington to ‘Blunt the Political Effects of Wealth Inequality’

Jun 24, 2021

West Virginia and Kentucky activists vow to continue pressing Manchin and McConnell on democracy and economic reforms.

Poor People’s Campaign and House Progressives Call for a ‘Third Reconstruction’

Poor People’s Campaign and House Progressives Call for a ‘Third Reconstruction’

May 21, 2021

A new Congressional resolution lays out a comprehensive vision for eradicating poverty and tackling racial and economic inequality.

The Justice McDonald’s Workers Seek Workers at Spain’s Mondragón Have Found

The Justice McDonald’s Workers Seek Workers at Spain’s Mondragón Have Found

May 18, 2021

We don’t have to organize our economy around enterprises that pay CEOs over 1,000 times what workers make.

Employers: If You Want Workers, Pay a Living Wage

Employers: If You Want Workers, Pay a Living Wage

May 12, 2021

It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.

The Man for the Moment Who Must Do More

The Man for the Moment Who Must Do More

May 5, 2021

Biden deserves praise for going big and bold on the economy. Let’s push him to go bigger and bolder.

If the Minimum Wage Had Increased as Much as Wall Street Bonuses Since 1985, It Would Be Worth $44 Today

If the Minimum Wage Had Increased as Much as Wall Street Bonuses Since 1985, It Would Be Worth $44 Today

Mar 29, 2021

The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs at a $15 minimum wage for a year.

Democrats’ COVID Relief Plan Could Cut Child Poverty by 4 Million

Democrats’ COVID Relief Plan Could Cut Child Poverty by 4 Million

Mar 3, 2021

An expanded child tax credit could create the ‘bootstraps’ to lift the next generation.

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