Municipal broadband in Fort Collins, Colorado went live Friday offering gigabit internet connections for the same price as comparatively sluggish Comcast, over Comcast’s strong objections. offer 250 megabit connections for $60 a…
One significant group of President Trump’s rural constituents have reportedly been pushed to the brink: Corn growers in Nebraska. According to a recent press release issued by the Nebraska Corn Board, corn…
The Del Monte produce company is closing multiple factories around the country, meaning hundreds of full-time, hourly, and seasonal workers will lose their jobs. In Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the closure means that…
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) has released a sweeping plan to revamp U.S. labor laws in order to double the number of unionized workers. According to the 2020 candidate’s campaign website, the plan…
Dovetailing with , news that has dramatically increased the chance of a recession in the coming months. Job openings have been on the decline since November — when 7.6 million jobs were…
A new study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) finds that pay packages for average CEOs have gone up exponentially, while workers’ wages have failed to keep up with costs of living.…
Thousands of employees of home improvement giant Lowe’s are out of a job as the company slashes its workforce. Though they wouldn’t give a specific number of cuts, Lowe’s did say that…
Bringing back American coal jobs was a core part of President Trump’s platform in 2016, but he’s struggled to make gains on that front. Even as he touts his victories, coal jobs…
South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg thinks “gig economy” workers are getting a raw deal as independent contractors, and promised to rectify that if elected. In a video…
The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would kick approximately three million Americans off of food stamps, calling it necessary to avoid fraud, abuse, and inefficiency. On Tuesday, the U.S.…