California Looks to Give Gig Workers Their Due
AB 5, a bill that would require companies like Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees, could provide meaningful labor protections.
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Democrats Should Attack the Trump Economy
Speaking to people left out of the current expansion won votes for the GOP in 2016; championing those who struggle today resonates even more.
The Inevitable Death of Global Trade As We Know It
Free-trade proponents accuse Trump of imperiling a decades-old system, but a reckoning was due no matter what.
The Long, Tortured History of the Job Guarantee
How liberals, over decades, worked to undermine a proposal that has long enjoyed public support
How America Broke Its Economy
Unemployment is at a 15-year low, so why aren't wages surging? Because the old rules no longer apply.
Trump’s Terrible Deals
The president is claiming credit for a series of corporate investments in the U.S., even though they come with expensive strings attached.
A New Solidarity in the North Country
An unlikely coalition of Trump voters, lefty activists, and indigenous people is trying to stop the construction of a power line in New Hampshire. What does it bode for the future of politics?
Back to Work
How Democrats can win over Americans left behind in the new economy.
Donald Trump Is a Job Killer
He campaigned as an economic savior. So why is the president handing out pink slips?
How to Save Coal Country
Forget Donald Trump's promises to bring back mining jobs. There's a new economic strategy at work in Appalachia.
Life at the Nowhere Office
Today's workplace design asks us to be permanently on call—and demands that we vanish at a moment's notice.
Trump Can’t Bring Back Our Jobs
And nor can Clinton: Jobs lost to other countries will most likely stay there.
Are Robots Job Creators?
Or are they the reason for the economic decline of working-class Americans?
Why the Poor Get Trapped in Depressed Areas
It’s harder than ever for the poor to simply pick up and move.
Don't Search for "Purpose." You Will Fail.
The big lie behind a Venn diagram meme
Class Matters
What job insecurity does to our kids
Why Obama Is Spurning Liberals With a Massive Trade Deal
Elizabeth Warren and labor unions hate it, but are their worries justified?
