The expansion of the U.S. prison system—driven by privatization that has turned imprisonment into a profit center for corporate America—has taken a toll on our neighborhoods. Our justice system disproportionately targets communities of color, sending far too many young people ...

When President Barack Obama visited a Wal-Mart store in California recently to praise the company’s allegedly progressive environmental philosophy, he couldn’t have picked a worse example of a good global neighbor.

“Economic inequality is the defining challenge of our time,” President Barack Obama declared late last year.

In April, hundreds of car wash workers and community and worker activists joined together at Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in Manhattan for the second annual Car Wash Workers Assembly.

We applaud and support efforts to raise the minimum wage in New York and elsewhere.

When the New York City Council passed historic living wage legislation last year, it was an important step on a long road toward creating a fairer and more equitable city for all New Yorkers. The premise of the legislation is ...

The holiday decorations are starting to appear, and that means the busiest shopping season is almost upon us. And as Black Friday approaches, consumers will be faced with choices as to how they’ll spend their money for holiday gifts. They’ll ...

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), has union leadership in his blood. While being honored by the AmNews this Thursday at the paper’s annual labor breakfast, Appelbaum talked about his experiences with unions at ...

Throughout this summer, people have been preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

A little over three years ago, a coalition of community and labor activists, religious leaders and elected officials joined together with the RWDSU to announce the launch of the Living Wage NYC Campaign.

It's been a big couple of weeks for many of the courageous car wash workers-who...