Mobilized from the cross-section of Karnataka’s working class, over 30,000 took part in the demonstration from March 3 to 7, raising 37 demands including a living minimum wage and a wealth tax on the richest 1%.

Prices of staple groceries rise as people in US face egg shortage, contrary to Trump’s campaign promises to “make America affordable again”

Experts say that Trump’s trade policy and constant threats against other nations will make the domestic cost of living crisis worse

A last minute agreement between Silulumanzi and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has averted a strike scheduled for January 23.

From rolling back the pandemic-era social safety net, to overseeing the largest inflationary crisis in decades, Biden’s legacy was one of economic despair

A report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development revealed that there was a an 18% increase in homelessness in 2023

Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker discuss key reasons why Trump won by such unexpectedly wide margins and why the Democrats were unable to mobilize their base

The Peoples Dispatch guide to underreported issues and perspectives regarding the 2024 US presidential election

The economy and cost of living continues to be the top issue for the people of the US, who are struggling under astronomical housing and grocery costs

Both candidates, who have already held some of the highest positions in the country, have failed the working class

Wage deflation and jobs gap continue to plague workers and the poor, who are caught between shrinking amount of products and the shrinking value of wages

Against the backdrop of soaring inflation, school teachers in Latvia have been protesting the decrease in real wages and heavy workload