Why isn’t rolling back child labor exploitation a higher priority for Democrats?

By Jim Carroll

Progressives say new midterm poll must be ‘wake up call’ to Democrats

By Julia Conley

Democrats warn abortion access is on the line in key statehouse races

By Barbara Rodriguez

Economic inflation harms lower-income people the most

By Jacob Orchard

Poorer families can’t cut back on essentials like food, even as prices have gone up across the board

Biden’s golden opportunity to explain what government does and could do

By Brian Katulis

The president must tell Americans how they directly benefit from recent investments and focus the next foreign policy speech on the economy

The ‘liberal media’ keeps slamming workers as greedy and lazy for not taking low-wage jobs

By Eric Boehlert

Journalists supposedly are a bunch of raging leftists, so why do they so rarely discuss stagnant wages?

GOP lawmakers keep trying to take credit for economic stimulus bills they opposed

By Laura Clawson

Republican members of Congress opposed economic stimulus spending but they also are gleefully announcing it to their constituents

Why didn’t states go broke during the coronavirus pandemic?

By Raymond Scheppach

The predictions were for a massive downturn in state finances because of COVID-19 … but the predictions were wrong

Progressives urge Kamala Harris to overrule Senate parliamentarian and allow $15 minimum wage vote

By Jon Queally

How guaranteed income programs could give low-wage women a crucial lifeline

By Chabeli Carrazana

Pilot programs are sending money to low-wage workers as a new way to fight poverty and enable entrepreneurship