Low Total Compensation Syndrome. It's not you. It's the economy—a silent epidemic affecting at least 51% of the population.

There is an arsenal of bold policies out there to embrace that will “defeat fascism, preserve democracy, and help create a greener, stronger and fairer economy for American workers.”

Introduction and Overview Every day in the United States, millions of people wake up and face a version of the same impossible arithmetic. They need to earn income. They also need to care for their ch...

It seems like a good time to compare the running tally of war dollars with the cost of relentless attacks on public care provision in the United States.

Women’s unpaid work at home has declined much more than men’s contributions have increased.

For the last 20 years, analysts have known that this is an economy by and for the rich.

High-earners and older Americans are faring better than ever, while fortunes are sliding again for low-wage and young workers

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

Move is expansion of existing program that has helped lift tens of thousands of people out of poverty

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

The Supreme Court says, "Show us your papers"

Most businesses have stopped new hiring as tariffs add costs and uncertainty, the latest jobs report confirms.

Coffee prices have spiked as major producers like Brazil and Vietnam have experienced extreme weather that's crimped supply.

An exclusive, up-close look at the richest people in the U.S. from celebrities like Taylor Swift and Elon Musk to the founder of a roofing supplier in Wisconsin.

MAGA mouthpiece Charlie Kirk offered a somewhat disingenuous congratulations to the pop megastar – who he has regularly criticized for being ‘woke’ – following the announcement

When President Trump gets in on a new online moneymaking idea, his followers often pile in—but two out of the last three times they went on to lose bigly.

The first obvious step right now for fighting stagflation is for Trump to dump his tariff policies.

Like a Mike Tyson blow to the face.

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Tariffs will be very high as far as the eye can see. What does that mean?

Companies have long leaned on entry-level workers to do grunt work that doubles as on-the-job training. Now ChatGPT and other bots can do many of those chores.

The Child Tax Credit will be less generous per child than it was more than two decades ago and continues to shortchange the millions of children and families who need it the most.

Instead of competing with native-born workers for jobs, immigrant workers actually tend to complement native-born workers.

Cryptofinance, including cryptocurrency, is the newest hot item in the world of financial “innovation.”

What the heck were the Trumpists thinking?

My proposal for a universal Child Development System

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income tax...

The math isn't mathing.

News flash: Trump is still Trump

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

Ford chief predicts AI will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers.”