Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and his Republican/tea party supporters—the same gang that eliminated basic democratic rights of cities and towns by imposing a “financial martial law”—are at again. This time they are pushing a so-called right to work law as the answer to state’s foundering economy.

The road to economic growth and a full recovery lies in allowing the deficit to grow temporarily and investing in programs that put money in the hands of consumers, two nonpartisan experts said. 

America’s jobs crisis is hitting college grads especially hard, with new graduates less likely to get a job than they were 10 years ago. If they do find work, the job will pay less, on average, than jobs in 2000, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute ( EPI ). Read the report here .

Last year, researchers Nicole and Mark Crain conducted a study that claimed federal regulations cost businesses $1.75 trillion a year. Included in that total is the assertion that Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) regulations cost businesses $65 billion a year. But the study is fundamentally flawed, says John Irons, Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI’s) director of policy and research.

The Bush-era tax cuts shifted the burden of funding vital government services like food inspection and air traffic control onto the already struggling middle class, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute ( EPI ).

The nation gained 117,000 jobs in July while the U.S. unemployment rate dropped slightly from 9.2 percent  in June to 9.1 percent last month, according to Department of Labor data released this morning . Analysts had predicted jobs would grow by about 90,000 in July.

The unemployment rate for young workers between ages 16 to 24 has skyrocketed as millions of young people have lost jobs and school enrollment has steadily increased over the past decade.

Washington politicians who want to cut Social Security while they reduce the deficit should give an eye to this recent Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute ( EPI ). They’ll find there’s no fat to cut.

Amid a cacophony of complaints by management lawyers, Scott Pedigo’s voice broke through the rhetoric and laid out for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) what it’s really like to try and form a union in today’s economic environment.

The Republican budget approach of “cut,  cut, cut” has jeopardized our economic recovery and Democrats are poised to turn the debate back to what’s most on American’s minds: creating and maintaining good jobs, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said today.