It’s Open Season on Public Sector Workers
Seven hundred and thirty thousand public sector employees are working without pay while another 670,000 have been furloughed. Working people of all shades, shapes, and sizes are suffering collateral damage.
Wage Stagnation Has Made ‘Minimal Quality of Life’ Out of Reach for Most in US
New research finds the cost of maintaining a “dignified” life in the US has doubled since 2001.
Democrats to the Working Class: Good Riddance!
Startling Advice from Fareed Zakaria
Are Republicans the Party of the Working Class?
Job instability, not racial resentment, is the key to understanding the decline of the working-class Democratic vote. But there's a way to turn things around.
Poor and Low-Income Voters Are a Sleeping Giant
Politicians pay next to no attention to the concerns of low-income Americans. Advocates want to change that — and maybe the next election, too.
Did Wall Street Just End the Class War?
By Les Leopold / Substack All workers can become capitalists, all workers can become rich! That’s the future of the economy according to the infamous Wall Street buyout firm, KKR,…
Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
I’ve spent the last few years working with poor people advocating for change. Seeing their resilience firsthand, I feel hopeful.
10 Victories for the Working Class in 2023
From the picket lines to state houses to the White House, champions in the fight against inequality landed huge wins.
Matt Taibbi: Tracking Orwellian Change: New Meanings of ‘Deep State’ and ‘Working Class’
When left/liberal fixations fall out of establishment favor, they're re-christened as conservative menaces.
How Investors Accelerate the Affordable Housing Crisis
Investor purchases accounted for 24 percent of all residential real estate sales in Boston in the fourth quarter of 2022. A 10 percent tax on those sales could yield $82…
Abortion Bans Are Part of GOP Plan to Disempower Working Class: Analysis
The Economic Policy Institute details how "abortion restrictions constitute an additional piece in a sustained project of economic subjugation."
Before COB on the First Workday of 2023, CEOs Will Make More Than the Average Annual Pay for All US Workers
Before happy hour time, the typical top exec will have pocketed more than home health aides, firefighters, pre-K teachers, and other essential workers will make the whole year.
Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022
Champions of a more egalitarian society made important strides, building the power of workers while reducing the power of wealthy tax dodgers and greedy pharma execs.
The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the…
For Many Workers, the Holiday Season Is the Most Exploitative Time of the Year
As delivery workers support others’ holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.