The year began with tariffs—just as inflation was finally starting to cool—followed by AI anxiety and headline-grabbing layoffs, before ending with America’s longest ever government shutdown. Surveys ...

With gas prices, energy bills, and grocery costs all rising, the affordability crisis is top of mind for most workers. But you can’t talk about that crisis without also talking about extreme wealth ...

California is about to mark an important milestone in the implementation of a hotly contested economic policy. Two years ago, in April 2024, a statewide, sector-specific minimum wage increase went ...

Across the country, raising the minimum wage continues to be a topic of conversation. Some claim that raising the minimum wage to $20 would help both low-income employees as well as employers. Though ...