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Check out 10 facts about the minimum wage from the National Employment Law Project after the jump.
One of the top targets of the 1% has been retirement security for America's working families. In addition to near constant congressional attacks on Social Security and companies attempting to reduce or get out of pension obligations, a widespread and growing tactic is to force employees to shift from defined-benefit plans that pay them a fixed amount each month in retirement, to defined-contribution plans, where the amount paid in is fixed, but payouts in retirement can change over time. This switch to defined-contribution plans, such as 401(k) plans, almost universally means less money to live on for retirees.
The mother of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teen shot to death in 2012, is appearing before a Senate panel Tuesday to demand that states make their "stand your ground" self-defense laws clearer.
It was with great excitement that California elected officials welcomed the Chinese company Build Your Dreams (BYD) to build electric buses in places like Lancaster, Long Beach and Los Angeles. Hopes were high that BYD's Zero Emissions buses would clean the air, and hundreds of Angelenos would go to work in BYD's new downtown Los Angeles office, earning paychecks to support their families.
Twenty years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed into law. At the time, advocates painted a rosy picture of booming U.S. exports creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and economic development in Mexico, which would bring the struggling country in line with its wealthier northern neighbors. Two decades later, those promises have failed to materialize. U.S. trade deficits with both Canada and Mexico have surged, crippling domestic industries, prompting massive job displacement and the replacement of living wage union jobs with jobs in sectors with low pay, minimal benefits and no job security. Don’t let corporations hijack another trade deal. Sign the petition here.
Authorities in Texas have captured a suspect in a string of gruesome late night shootings in a town just 30 miles east of Dallas that left at least five people dead and set off a dramatic manhunt.Charles Brownlow, 36, was apprehended by Terrell, Texas police officers around 1:30 a.m.
A Michigan mother pleaded for her daughter to return home Monday after the 15-year-old ran away with a family friend more than twice her age, leaving behind cellphones and a letter professing the couple’s love.
A shooting spree and "suspicious" fire left at least three people dead and prompted a major manhunt, authorities in Texas said early Tuesday.A suspect was arrested after being found hiding in a wooded area in Terrell, Texas, by a helicopter using thermal technology, police told NBC News.
A Michigan mom pleaded for her daughter to return home Monday after the 15-year-old ran away with a family friend more than twice her age, leaving behind cellphones and a letter professing the couple’s love.
WASHINGTON -- When top U.S. intelligence officials testified at a congressional hearing weeks ago, the public uproar was over the National Security Agency collecting the phone and email records of Americans.
