- Union-busting bullies—"Conservative lawmakers in Topeka are bullying labor unions. Sadly, they are acting like hired thugs for large corporate interests that finance their campaigns."
- Labor unions file federal suit challenging Michigan's right-to-work legislation
- Gov. Pat Quinn to seek minimum-wage hike to $10 an hour—“The governor feels very strongly that nobody should work 40 hours a week and live in poverty."
- Cities Must Strategize To Boost Service Workers' Pay
- Nike accused of using military to intimidate workers—"Workers at a Nike shoe factory in Indonesia say the company paid military personnel to intimidate them into working for less than the minimum wage."
- Working, but still poor—"Why is it that millions of Americans who have jobs can't make ends meet?"
- The Rise of the Permanent Temp Economy—"To avoid union opposition, the postwar temp industry exploited cultural ambivalence about middle-class white women's work. Then it became a model for corporate America." NYT
- The Age of the Permanent Intern—"Many of the ambitious young people who flock to Washington toil for years as low-paid interns—and count themselves lucky to do so. Is this what success looks like in 2013?"
- I'm sick of working for free—"I do volunteer design work and they treat me like a dog. I'm through giving it away!" Salon
- The Most Important Chart in American Politics
- 401(k) breaches undermining retirement security for millions
- Wealthy CEOs Want To Force Americans To Retire Later
- Insurers under fire over annuities—"Insurers were... accused of being slow to pass on the full benefit of recent rises in the assets which underpin annuities, leaving pension customers short-changed."
- Paul Krugman Destroys GOP's Talking Points On Government Jobs—Why does failed-CEO-then-failed-senatorial candidate Carly Fiornia still get to tell people what to do?
- U.S. keeps building new highways while letting old ones crumble
- Postal Service will end Saturday mail delivery
- Before Greed: Americans Didn't Always Yearn for Riches
- Social mobility in America: Repairing the rungs on the ladder—"How to prevent a virtuous meritocracy entrenching itself at the top."
- Oxfam seeks 'new deal' on inequality from world leaders
- In China, a Vast Chasm Between the Rich and the Rest NYT
- First World problems read by Third World people
- Noam Chomsky: The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful
- Republicans Still Hellbent on Cutting Taxes on the Rich—"[G]overnors in Louisiana, Nebraska, and North Carolina have proposed eliminating their state's personal and corporate income taxes and raising the sales tax to offset the lost revenue..."
- Wisconsin considers steep sales tax hike to eliminate income tax
- Ohio Governor's Tax Plan Would Cut Taxes For Wealthy, Raise Them On The Poor
- 87% of Americans Say Tax the Wealthy More to Protect Social Security Benefits
- The Swiss turn on the super-rich
- D.C. turns down Donald Trump's request for tax break
- Philanthropist Wants to Be Rid of His Last $1.5 Billion—Chuck Feeny is the "James Bond of Philantrophy." NYT
- S. African Billionaire to Give Away Half His Money
- RSA Animate: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce—"In this short RSA Animate, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving."
