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February 15, 2017
Alex Shephard
Andrew Puzder proves that there is such a thing as too much baggage for the Trump cabinet.
December 8, 2016
Clio Chang
Trump’s Labor pick proves that he was never about the working class.
September 23, 2015
Ellen Bravo
If Republicans Cared About Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave
March 11, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Wall Street's Yearly Bonuses Could Double the Pay for All of America's Minimum Wage Workers
January 14, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Obama Wants Home Care Workers to Get Minimum Wage, But a Federal Judge Is Standing in the Way
October 8, 2014
Danny Vinik
Obama Is Siding Against Workers at the Supreme Court
And the reason may have nothing to do with the law
September 9, 2014
Danny Vinik
This Chart Shows How Meager U.S. Minimum Wage Truly Is
January 24, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Time To Bid Farewell To "Big Labor"
Unions have shrunk. The vocabulary we use to describe them should, too.
December 11, 2012
Timothy Noah
Yank the Chain: Washington's Terrible New Social Security Fix
June 1, 2012
Jonathan Cohn
The New Jobs Report: Ooof
October 24, 2011
Matt O'Brien
Cut Job Training, Pell Grants? GOP Says Yes We Can
September 2, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
August Jobs Report: Really Ugly
August 5, 2011
Dean Baker
The Latest Jobs Report Is All Bad News
June 22, 2011
Jonathan Chait
A Smart Deficit Reduction Idea That May Actually Happen
June 4, 2011
William Galston
Forward Thinking
June 3, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Ugh: Hiring Down, Unemployment Up
March 4, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Is The Labor Market Better Than We Think?
February 28, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Dixie Madison
January 20, 2011
Howard Wial
Will Full Employment Ever Return to Detroit?
August 3, 2010
Alexander C. Hart
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