A patchwork of federal, state, and local laws sets the minimum wages in the United States. The federal minimum wage acts as the bottom...

Democracy has become synonymous with purity and equality around the world. Many countries around the world incorporate components of...

Some argue that the historical and current bloodshed of Western imperialism has transformed the English language into a universal tool of...

In 2017, “truth” seems to stand on shaky ground. President Trump contests the messages put forward by media outlets, rejects reports from...

“I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired. Being the US Attorney in SDNY will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life.”...

The vote on the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court will be a turning point in the history of American governance....

“No Taxation without Representation” The state license plates of over 600,000 Washington, DC residents display this slogan. Every car...

When not being caricatured on Saturday Night Live donning the robes and skeletal mask of the Grim Reaper, Steve Bannon serves as White...

Court debt and bus fares are nothing more than a mild annoyance for most Rhode Islanders: a transaction accepted without second thought...

The days of a union-dominated working class are over: Union members now make up less than 11 percent of the US workforce, down from 35...

From picket protests in Alaska to student walkouts in Oregon, protesters expressed fierce resistance to the confirmation of Secretary of...

In 2015, various US food stores including Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, and Olive Garden, were implicated in a scandal. An AP investigation...

On January 11, 2016, labor unions watched the Supreme Court hear a case that could decide the fate of collective bargaining. Friedrichs...

In 1962, leading libertarian economist Milton Friedman published Capitalism and Freedom, a treatise on the value of free markets for a...

Rex Tillerson has brushed up against China before. So have his competitors. In 2006, Chevron executives thought they had spotted a golden...

Harry Reid is the highest roller in Nevada’s politics. His hand includes kings of the casino lobby, queens of the energy sector, jacks of...

Dual training, a system in which apprentices split their time between a vocational school and a real-life company work environment, is an...

The 2016 US Presidential election was an unrelenting bloodbath — filled to the brim with scandal, defamation, and an overwhelming sense...

Donald Trump’s election has elicited resistance marked by activism and political opposition spanning the entire partisan spectrum, from...

With a staggering 2,248,100 people incarcerated in American prisons and jails according to 2015 US Bureau of Justice Statistics figures,...