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Also, Louisiana program to waive fines for employers runs afoul of federal labor law, and more.

Those with higher incomes are also responsible for more emissions than those with lower incomes

When conveyed in a bipartisan fashion, collective anger can be a powerful unifier across partisan divisions. Anandita Sabherwal, Adam Pearson, and Gregg

Workers of the World: Growth, Change, and Rebellion The working class of the twenty-first century is a class in formation, as one would expect in a world where capitalism has only recently become universal. At the same time, Marx himself reminded us long ago, in speaking of the development of classes in England where they were “most classically developed,” that “even here, though, this class articulation does not emerge in pure form.” 1 The working class, of course, is much broader than those who are employed at any one time. Relying only on workforce figures obscures important aspec...

An annual wealth tax on the net worth of South Africa’s richest people could raise as much as R160 billion and would narrow inequality in a nation where the most affluent 1% of the population own 55% of personal wealth, a study showed.