This week, the D.C. Council voted to pause a wage increase related to Initiative 82, the 2022 ballot measure that ...

But Congress has underfunded transit for years. And this is particularly true when it comes to operations funds — which are ...

Flequer Vera, co-founder of the Sustainergy worker co-op, knows first-hand about exploitation in the American workplace.

Uber in Houston offered freedom – flexible hours, quick cash, and time to care for his young son. But that promise faded fast ...

Today, Black employees make up 18.7 percent of the federal workforce. This is no accident — it reflects decades of civil ...

The global trend towards extreme wealth and income concentration has dramatically strengthened the economic and political power of those individuals — overwhelmingly male — at the top. In the United ...

Tax reforms to benefit the rich and big corporations have exacerbated inequality and drained resources from funding vital public programs. Changes in tax policies that benefit the wealthy and large ...

Republican leaders in Congress have been working feverishly over recent days to renew the rich people-friendly 2017 Trump tax cuts set to expire at this year’s end. Both the House and Senate have now ...

The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.” Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member ...

Once upon a time, here in the United States, we taxed the rich. Significantly. Today, by contrast, we’re actively enhancing their fortunes. Including the biggest personal fortune of them all, the ...

President Joe Biden and Congressional progressives have responded to public pressure by putting bold spending proposals on the table that would make our economy more fair, sustainable, and resilient ...

In today’s climate, we are used to seeing polls where public opinion on issues is sharply split along the political axis. Debate is highly polarized, with opposing parties staking out competing ...