Economy
February 20, 2012 -
The largest independent convenience-store chain in the Southeast, Kangaroo is under fire for refusing to meet with advocates for the farmworkers who pick the tobacco it sells.
February 16, 2012 -
A by-the-numbers look at the proposed spending plan that President Obama released this week.
February 15, 2012 -
Efforts to organize the jobless are underway in Atlanta and other communities across the U.S., but they face challenges -- including people's resistance to identifying as unemployed.
February 13, 2012 -
A new study finds that wage theft is a shockingly common problem -- and a growing number of states and local communities are looking for solutions.
February 8, 2012 -
A coalition of leading labor and human rights organizations recently asked Alabama's top three car manufacturers to help convince lawmakers to repeal the state's harsh immigration law -- and one company has already agreed to meet with the advocates.
February 6, 2012 -
Why is a corporation that may soon have a market value of $100 billion persuading struggling communities like Rutherford County, N.C. to fork over taxpayer-financed subsidies?
January 24, 2012 -
With Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich erroneously claiming that "more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history," we take a by-the-numbers look at the food assistance program.
