The Latest
SOURCE: AP/Lawrence Jackson
Unions Make Democracy Work for the Middle Class
David Madland and Nick Bunker show how organized labor increases political participation and fights for policies that help union and nonunion Americans alike.
- House Strip Club Vote Misses the Point: Conservatives Need to Focus on Creating Jobs and Rebuilding the Middle Class
- In Defense of Defined-Benefit Pensions: Modest Reforms to State Plans Are Best Option for Taxpayers
- Romney Takes Wrong Track on Economy for Latinos : Candidate Plans to Cut into Programs Important to Hispanics
- Dormant Union Membership Is a Bad Sign for the Middle Class: New Data Show No Union Growth in 2011
- The Real Ingredients in Class Warfare: Mitt Romney’s Tax and Budget Plans Assault Low- and Moderate-Income Families, Especially People of Color
The Progess Report
Read the Progress Report
It's the daily newsletter from the writers of Think Progress. Featuring hard-hitting research and analysis you can't find anywhere else.
Projects
-
ThinkProgress advances progressive ideas through original reporting, rapid response, and in-depth research and analysis.
-
American Worker Project
A project providing research to promote American workers and their rights at work. -
Half in Ten
A campaign committed to cutting poverty in half in the United States over the next 10 years. -
Campus Progress Action
A project to help young people make their voices heard on issues that matter.

