Economy and Business
In the Era of Legal Marijuana, the Kids Are Alright
Opponents thought legalization would lead to more teens using marijuana. Ten years since the first states legalized, the reverse has happened.
Inequality Costs Social Security Trillions. Here’s How We Fix It.
There’s no need to cut Social Security. If the wealthy simply paid the same tax the rest of us do, we could even expand benefits.
The Unconscionable Push to Bring Back Child Labor
Rather than offering wages attractive to adults, employers want lawmakers to push teens into some of the most dangerous jobs in the country.
Let’s Get Broadband Done the Right Way
As our country finally invests in broadband, we need to make sure the job gets done right — by skilled union workers, not low-wage contractors.
This Women’s History Month, We Won’t Renegotiate Our Place in the Economy
Out of touch lawmakers are rolling out economic plans that would set women back generations. Not this time!
Before Norfolk Southern Poisoned Ohio, It Poisoned the Statehouse
The company plied state lawmakers with cash and lobbied against common sense rail safety measures.
A Health Care Cliff is Coming
I’m one of 18 million Americans who could soon lose Medicaid access. Here’s how to keep people from falling over the edge — and how to fight back.
Rail Workers Warned Us: Greed Is Dangerous
Following derailments across the country, rail workers have a solution to the nation’s rail crisis: public ownership.
Health Care is Sick — and Profit is the Disease
Corporate consolidation is burning out health care professionals and killing patients. But there’s another way.
Don’t Trust Wall Street with Nursing Homes
Make no mistake, they’d kill your granny to make a buck.
