This Mother's Day, as millions of Americans celebrate their moms with home-cooked meals, gifts and flowers, I want to take a moment to tell the story of my own mother, who has spent her life nurturing and strengthening my family.

My mother was 33 years old when she, along with...

Shareholder season is upon us, marking the beginning of another round of corporate America's dog-and-pony shows held to placate their cronies and pat each other on the back for another profitable year. As corporations continue to bankrupt our economy on the backs of hardworking Americans, advocates and activists have taken...

This week's State of the Union address made clear that President Obama plans to deliver on his promise to put jobs and the economy front and center on his second term agenda. His call to increase the federal minimum wage and index it to inflation cements the growing consensus that...

This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report tracking how many working Americans are represented by a labor or trade union. The report indicates overall union density declining, with union membership in the public sector falling 1 percent to 35.9 percent and lowering by .5...

Scam artists and hucksters are infamous for preying on seniors with fraudulent proposals and rip-offs. Now some in Congress are trying to pull a fast one on seniors by swindling our economy. The fiscal showdown is headed toward disaster unless we demand a prosperity economy that works for seniors and...

It's no secret that our fragile economy overshadowed nearly everything else during this election cycle. Big money also played a starring role in this election, perhaps even stealing the show. It's hard not to be cynical about the news that over $1 billion was spent on this election as money...

Watching another politician visit a local diner on the campaign trail, I couldn't help but notice the irony of politicians--who, research shows, have become exponentially wealthier than the average American family--claiming to understand the daily challenges facing the middle class. Outside of the campaign trail, do our elected officials know...

6:00 a.m. -- A Verizon cell phone, which doubles as your alarm clock, goes off. You silence the alarm and find a text reminder that your bill is due.

It's Verizon that needs a reminder to pay its fair share. From 2008 to 2010, according to a report from Citizens...

In the fight for workers' right to organize in America, a 19-year-old migrant construction worker is on the front lines.

Josue Diaz is a member of the Congress of Day Laborers in New Orleans. After Hurricane Ike struck the Gulf Coast, Josue was taken to Texas to do treacherous clean-up...

Last Tuesday, although Democrats maintained control of the Senate, Republicans reclaimed the House of Representatives by a margin not seen since 1948. Some of the day's winners were supported by fringe Tea Party affiliates. Many more were backed by millions in corporate dollars, much of it given in secret. The...

On March 4th, students and workers around the country took to the streets to demonstrate against statewide budget cuts that would make it more difficult for students to go to college and potentially lay off thousands of workers in the public sector.

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities...

Across the country, millions of people remain unemployed and more people are working harder and longer than ever before to make ends meet. While millions are sacrificing and stretching budgets to make ends meet, Wall Street, in true Scrooge fashion, is getting ready to pay out obscene bonuses...