Tag: economy

The average hourly wage in manufacturing rose just 1.7 percent in the last year.

California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street, but from the Federal Reserve.

"With workers worldwide being left behind, we need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the few at the top."

Bottom line: Trump can’t make deals.

By any rational definition of poverty, half of our country's households are dealing with it.

It’s time for Americans worried about living in a country whose inequality gap could soon surpass that of the Gilded Age to begin paying real attention to our “credit-card wars.”

"It should instead focus on basic services and ensure that every Puerto Rican has access to safe public water."

These workers play vital roles in the U.S. economy, erecting American buildings, picking American apples and grapes, and taking care of American babies. Oh, and paying American taxes.

For the CEOs, soothing talk about a surging economy is a lot easier than actually investing in the country that made them rich.

Income and wealth inequality is not simply a monetary issue, it is a complex social crisis that supports and strengthens notions of superiority and inferiority, and was described by President Barak Obama in 2013 as “the defining challenge of our time.”