by Aparna Mathur How do we address widening income inequality in America? Income inequality has widened considerably since 1979. Using data provided by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the figure below shows the increase in average (real) incomes for each

By: Judith Aquino Are humans becoming obsolete in the workforce? All signs point to “yes.” As IBM’s Watson proved on Jeopardy, robots are becoming smarter than people. They also make fewer mistakes and they don’t get bored. By 2013 there

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Some Uber drivers have been seeking to be treated like ordinary workers, with a group in San Francisco receiving class-action status for a suit against the ride-sharing company. Here, Uber drivers at a September hearing on the regulation of ride-sharing

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick ChinaFotoPress via Getty By: Noah Kulwin Politicians love praising the economic power of Silicon Valley, even though economists say startups that power the tech industry don’t create all that many jobs. Even as she noted the tenuous economic

The age of austerity has transformed work, but what it means to be a man has not caught up Labourers at lunch on the West Side, New York, 1967. Photo by Danny Lyon/Magnum By: Allison J Pugh When Gary Gilbert

CREDIT: Craig Hammond by:  Casey Quinlan Ami Schneider wears her degree from the The Illinois Institute of Art Schaumburg in a frame tied around her neck emblazoned with one word written in red paint — “worthless.” Schneider, 29, is one

By: Tom Cahill Publix, the fastest-growing grocery chain in America, isn’t a corporate giant that exploits workers, but an employee-owned company that’s more profitable than any of its competitors. Unlike Walmart’s hourly workers, who just got a raise to $9