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By Jennifer Slevin, re-posted from her blog: In 2001, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, an exposé about minimum-wage workers, propelled author Barbara Ehrenreich to[...]

Journalist Bill Moyers and his blog “Group Think” asked writers, activists and reporters to draft parts of President Obama’s State of the Union 2013 speech. Here [...]

This is the trailer of the video published by The Atavist, entitled, “The Last Clinic,” by Maisie Crow. This video accompanies our piece, “Will Mississippi Close [...]

By Dashka Slater Originally Distributed via OtherWords (OtherWords.org) For those on the economic ladder’s lowest rungs, the middle rungs have almost completely disappeared. [...]

(Originally posted at Institute for Policy Studies and reprinted with permission) September 12, 2012 · By Karen Dolan Sadly, those who “occupied” Wall Street and city s[...]

The Lipstick Profiteers Mary Kay’s biggest revenue source may be the dreams of its own pink-clad sales force. Originally posted at OtherWords and reprinted with permission. B[...]

It seemed that Joseph Holman, a 51-year-old redhead from Brooklyn, had climbed into the middle class the old-fashioned way: by the sweat of his brow.[...]

A couple of years back, a woman I’ll call Kate contacted me to tell me about her job managing an office providing provided blue-collar workers to enterprises in need of short-term [...]

Quote of the Day, June 6, 2012 Our research shows that states’ wage theft laws are grossly inadequate, contributing to a rising trend in workplace violations that affects millions [...]