Labor Works for All of Us

Today is Labor Day, which for many of us means a welcome end-of-summer holiday. Perhaps you’ll go to the beach, barbecue with friends, or picnic at a local park. For America’s working families, though, it’s is so much more than a day off: it’s a reminder of all...

The Fight to Vote Lives On

In 2013, a Texas woman was told that she now needed an ID to vote. No big deal, right? Wrong. In order to get the necessary ID, Bates would have to pay $42 for a birth certificate. The cost was too much for her poverty-stricken family. “We couldn’t eat the birth...