The Moderate’s Case for a Maximum Wage
Democrats have enough heft in Congress to force floor debates on proposals that meaningfully target inequality, but they’ll need support from their moderate contingent if any real change is to occur.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Plan Can Get The Rich To Actually Want To Make All Americans Richer. Here’s How.
Linking the top tax rate to minimum wage could be the key to incentivizing wealthy Americans to shrink income inequality.
Black Domestic Workers Call for Pay, Professionalism, and Respect
A new report shines a light on the Durham and Atlanta healthcare workers raising the standards of care in America.
What Amazon Adds To The Fight For $15
Amazon will raise its minimum wage to $15 for all U.S. employees. Will other’s follow suit?
D.C. Restaurant Reaches $1.5 Million Settlement Amid Tipped Pay Debate
A class-action lawsuit against a D.C. institution underscores the need for one fair wage.
Can a Cap Be Placed on the Incomes of the Super-Rich?
Would this help reduce income inequality were it come to pass?
D.C. Labor Battle Turns Into a Civil Rights Fight
As city council attempts to overturn a minimum wage initiative, district residents demand elected officials respect their vote.
How To Level The Playing Field For Workers — Even With Unions Hurting
A federal jobs and income guarantee could protect workers the way unions once did.
Minimum Wage? It’s Time to Talk About a Maximum Wage
Conservatives try to laugh off the idea of capping executive pay – but it’s an idea with a distinguished history.
Teen Voices in the Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage in Massachusetts
I Have A Future is a local organization mobilizing youth organizers in Massachusetts to advocate for themselves in the fight to raise the state’s minimum wage.
This is the Wrong Time to Cut Back on Public Housing
More than half a million Americans are homeless — the size of a large city.
Tipped Workers Win with Spending Bill
The victory belongs to the workers, organizers, and advocates who maintained fierce backlash to the proposal.
8 Trailblazing Women Leading the Fight Against Inequality
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting eight fearless women leading some of today’s biggest and most impactful social movements.
Tipping Is a Legacy of Slavery That It’s Time to Outgrow
It’s bad for workers, customers, and the economy alike when employers pass the cost of a living wage entirely on to their customers.
Paying Tipped Workers Better Wouldn’t Hurt Restaurant Jobs
For decades, restaurant industry lobbyists have predicted that the sky would fall with each tipped-minimum-wage hike. But these case studies found no evidence supporting those claims.