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According to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the beginning of April, American employers added only 88,000 jobs in March, compared to 268,000 in February. While it's certainly better than losing the same number of jobs, it does very little to reassure Americans still looking for

The advocacy group Small Business Majority is out this morning with a new survey that bolsters efforts to raise the minimum wage. President Obama ignited the debate earlier this year when he proposed raising the hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $9, arguing that it would help working families

More than 77 percent of successful candidates in 2012 and all current statewide office holders were publicly financed, a report released Monday found.

A big reason that Citizens United was such a blow to equal democracy is that it enabled corporations to pump money into elections in new and anonymous ways. Even before that Supreme Court decision, though, campaign finance law already included a major loophole that allows for gigantic -- and

Judging by press reporting, the bogus tweet from the Associated Press Twitter account of White House bombs was primarily about the hacking of the news agency. Who did it, when was it Tweeted and retracted, where are the perpetrators from and how the hell did a major news organization fall for what

Wall Street has made it far more likely that you will spend at least some of your golden years eating Fancy Feast.

As we struggle to fully recover from the Great Recession, it has become increasingly clear that the wealthy not only recovered much more quickly than the rest of the country, they managed to increase their wealth even though most households saw a net loss. A new Pew report finds that during the

NerdWallet underlies its findings with a report by public policy organization Demos from last summer, which added the further frightening fact that among folks investing in 401(k) plans, a full two-thirds had no idea they were paying anything at all for their 401(k) (which actually makes all of the

“I make $1,000 for the store in 30 minutes. But I don’t make $1,000 in a month working there.” The quote is a paraphrase of a Victoria’s Secret worker. She, like 500 other retail and fast food employees in and around the Chicago Loop, isn’t at work today. They’re all on strike. (Follow #strikefor15

Martin Smith, an Emmy-winning correspondent for PBS’ Frontline, is worried about his retirement — and yours.