A 1994 paper blew up the consensus that minimum-wage increases kill jobs. Economists have been at each other’s throats ever ...

Barbara Ehrenreich was inspired to write her classic expose of low-wage life in America by punitive 1990s welfare laws. Today ...

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In Wyoming, the affordability debate is centered around the rising cost of housing, food and health care but a new report ...

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During his recent State of the Union address, President Donald Trump took a few minutes to talk about the affordability crisis that’s been gripping the nation—which is to say, he threw some balderdash ...

By taxing companies that pay poverty wages, state and local governments can help cover federal cuts to safety net programs low-wage workers rely on.

Feature / Landmark San Francisco and Los Angeles ballot initiatives aim to hike taxes on corporations with huge gaps between CEO and worker pay. Sarah Anderson The espresso machine in Starbucks CEO ...