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#1- The Secret Life of a Latin Maid (muchacha): what do they talk about when they get together. Do they talk about you, her employer?…
Monday March 13th Gary Null has an impact show for you. Gary starts off the program with the latest in health and healing covering the…
In most of the United States, even a $15 minimum wage isn't enough to make ends meet—and the gap becomes a chasm if you factor…
Media, press, pundits and politicians in the US today keep hyping the US economy as doing well. We hear the US economy is growing nicely,…
Despite living in what is likely the wealthiest nation to ever have existed, Americans sure are having a hard time getting by. As most people are…
The decline of organized labor in the United States has contributed significantly to wage stagnation and rising inequality, according to a new report released Tuesday…
Health insurance premiums have increased faster than wages and inflation in recent years, rising an average of 28 percent from 2009 to 2014 despite the…
Americans are feeling the impoverishing effects of the shift from middle-income to low-income jobs. The disappearance—or, more accurately, downsizing—of living-wage jobs is documented by numerous…
America, chief executive pay is now 300 times more than the average worker. That’s a high enough ratio that presidential candidates are taking note on…
Have you noticed how often conservatives who disagree with a policy proposal call it a "job killer?" They're especially incensed about proposals to raise the…
Nature limits all systems -- nothing grows forever. Economic systems built around growth, like ours, are no different. Ellen revisits that topic with bio-mimicist Jamie…
One of the great mysteries surrounding the US economy is the seemingly inexplicable discrepancy between the plunging unemployment rate on one hand, which at 5.1%…