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The nation is experiencing a crisis of care. Across the country, parents are trapped in an economic bind without paid leave or affordable child care, even as older Americans and people with disabilities contend with their own unmet needs for care. At the same time, we face a desperate need for good jobs. While unemployment has fallen, millions of working people still struggle to make ends meet with low wages, precarious work schedules, and a lack of basic benefits and job security.

The top three economic issues for young people are debt-free public college, paid family and medical leave and a higher minimum wage (followed closely by affordable childcare). 

In almost every Nissan auto plant across the world, workers are represented by a union. One exception is the facility in Canton, Mississippi.

A higher minimum wage was ranked as a top priority for working-class black and Latino voters, as well as white working-class Obama-to-Trump voters.

The Trump administration is getting ready to give working Americans a big pay cut.

By eliminating employment credit checks, the bill would remove an unfair and discriminatory barrier to economic mobility and security.

The unemployment rate underestimates the problem of joblessness.This underestimation is very significant for African American workers.

We all have to grow up, whether we want to or not. The Toys 'R' Us announcement that it is closing its U.S. stores should be a pivotal moment in the maturation of how we as a nation think about wealth and debt, and the rules that make it possible for companies and communities to be resilient.

Family comes first. That means all families should have access to affordable and high-quality choices for their children’s early care and education.

For decades, black unemployment has remained roughly twice the rate of unemployment for white workers, regardless of a job seeker’s level of education. Social exclusion shows us why.

 Employers pay black women who work full-time, year-round just 63 cents for each dollar they pay to non-Hispanic white men.

People of color suffer direct and damaging impacts from laws, policies, and practices that exclude them from full and equal participation in the labor market and the workplace.

November 1st is Latina Equal Pay Day, marking the date when the typical Latina woman’s wages since January 1, 2017 finally catch up to what the typical white man was paid in calendar year 2017. 

The children of the New Economy have responded to the economic disparity and social insecurities in our schools, neighborhoods and workplaces with a backlash against government bashing.

Between 1992 and 2001, the average credit-card debt among Americans over age 65 nearly doubled to $4,041.

How would guaranteeing all working people in Philadelphia the right to earn paid sick leave impact the city's economy?

The human reasons to ensure that all working Philadelphians are able to care for themselves and their ill loved ones are tremendously compelling.

A new study by Demos finds that one-fifth of middle-class families are living paycheck to paycheck, with little margin of security.

In their new book, "Good Jobs America: Making Work Better for Everyone," Paul Osterman and Beth Shulman argue that the United States needs to worry about not just creating millions more jobs but also ensuring that the jobs are good ones.