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This matters because the super rich and the rich have a disproportionate influence on public policy. 

There are approximately 50 million eligible people who are not registered to vote in the United States.

Will conservative politicians’ hypocrisy on election integrity endure through the latest revelations?

Recently, Jared Bernstein, the former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, and Michelle Singletary, a personal finance columnist for the Washington Post, had a little debate about debt in the Washington Post. Singletary’s view is that all debt is bad debt. Bernstein’s view is that debt can be great, good, or bad.

Many states have rightly refused to provide private data from their voting rolls to the commission. However, the commission will still have access to highly inappropriate federal immigration data to “study” Trump’s theory that millions of noncitizens have voted.

This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 6 years old. In an op-ed on Univision.com, my colleague Vijay Das and I consider the vital ways the agency stands up for the interests of American consumers, even as its independence and authority are continually under fire from financial services lobbyists and their congressional allies.

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.

No, Mr. Trump, clothing and tattoos don't make every Central American kid criminal.

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.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal for a “fair fix” tax is an exciting development.

If Americans truly want the soul of our democracy back, we must dismantle systems that support the violence we saw in Charlottesville.

Congress should make clear that provisional ballots must be counted even if they are filed in the wrong polling places.

Big business colleagues could perform a patriotic service to America by working to create more jobs.

The Devastating Impact Of This Right-Leaning, Ideological Court May Only Get Worse

Last week, an HBO film crew was in my Manhattan neighborhood shooting a movie about legendary record producer Phil Spector, now serving nineteen years to life for the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

Herbert may be less stressed these days, but he's back in the hot seat in the latest installment of POLITICO's "Answer This"

Tell us your favorite joke.

From Steven Wright: I got a new shadow. I had to get rid of the other one. … It wasn’t doing what I was doing.

When’s the last time you used profanity?

A little while ago. It’s a terrible term that my buddies and I used with pathological frequency in high school, and I haven’t broken the habit yet.

States work to curb the financial background checks that can keep the unemployed out of work.

After two years of working in a temporary job as customer-service representative, Debra Banks was offered the job permanently. She was sent a hire letter, set a start date, and confirmed her new salary. But there was a hitch: To get the job, Banks had to undergo a credit check.