State and Local Taxes Penalize the Poor and Benefit the Rich
The majority of Americans—both liberal and conservative—want taxes to be progressive, but they're actually quite regressive.
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Time-as-Money Mindset Decreases Green Behaviors
New research finds paying people an hourly wage, or otherwise getting them to think in time-as-money terms, makes them less likely to act in environmentally friendly ways.
The Tipping Point: Is This the Beginning of the End for Gratuities?
New technology is nudging Americans to be more generous at the till. For now.
4 Ways You Can Seek Back Pay for an Unpaid Internship
Think you’re entitled to be paid for your unpaid internship? Here are resources you should know about.
How the Labor Department Has Let Companies Off the Hook for Unpaid Internships
Four years after warning for-profit companies about unpaid internships, the agency has investigated relatively few employers for wage violations.
Overwork and Its Deadly Costs: The U.S. in International Perspective
There are few developed countries in the world where people spend more time working than the U.S.—and it's costing us lives.
The Labor Department Finally Takes a Stand on Unpaid Internships
The federal agency asks the Second Circuit to crack down on for-profit employers that refuse to pay.
Bright Flight From Silicon Valley
Talented people are starting to move to places where the cost of living is more reasonable, but a town can't just be cheap and wonderful. It also has to be connected.
Why Income Inequality Will Likely Keep Getting Worse
Embracing a system based on maximizing the returns to private owners of capital is a mistake for the great majority of working people.
Journalism Internship Coordinator Says Paid Positions Have Dropped by Nearly Half
As part of an ongoing investigation into the role colleges and universities play in the intern economy, ProPublica spoke with an internship coordinator to learn more about the process of developing a program.