Roughly 150 people died due to work-related illness or injury in 2011, according to a new report the AFL-CIO released on Tuesday. Fatal workplace injuries claimed 13 lives per day, while work-related illness and disease killed an additional 137 people daily. Read More

Last week, a 16-year-old girl was arrested for conducting an amateur science experiment. Now her former tutor insists "cooler heads will prevail." Read More

The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 would ostensibly allow workers greater choice in how they are compensated for overtime, but critics say the bill really puts more power in the hands of the boss. Read More

"I think you should expect to see something soon from DOJ," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said regarding legal action against major banks involved in a multibillion-dollar foreclosure settlement. Read More

New York's attorney general said he found hundreds of instances in which Bank of America and Wells Fargo violated the terms of a settlement designed to help underwater homeowners. Read More

Niall Ferguson offered an "unqualified apology" for claiming that John Maynard Keynes' sexual orientation made him less sensitive to the plight of future generations. Read More

As the evidence of regulatory failures mounts, state officials insist that "the system worked." Read More

About one third of the past month's job growth was concentrated in the low-wage retail and hospitality industries, while the number of involuntary part-time workers continued to climb. Read More

Penny Pritkzer, who Obama nominated for Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, is the heiress to a hotel chain which has long been a target of union organizing efforts. Read More

Kiera Wilmot, 16, could face up to five years in prison for exploding a water bottle on the grounds of her high school. Read More

A full 69% of Americans say they have not felt any pain from sequestration, according to a new CBS/New York Times poll. Read More

It's been a rough year for working people in America. Five reasons why the working class has little to cheer about on this annual International Workers' Day. Read More

Tuesday's White House press conference featured a question about Benghazi, but no questions related to the country's staggeringly low labor force participation rate. Read More

The collapse of a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh is thought to be the worst industrial accident in the country's history. Read More

Two weeks after "serious errors" were discovered in one of the key intellectual justifications for austerity, deficit hawks continue to forge ahead. Read More

President Obama spoke at his second memorial service in one week on Thursday, paying tribute to the 12 first responders who died when a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded last week. Read More

While Republican lawmakers say immigration reform needs to address gaps in border security, few are paying attention to wrongful deportations and detention. Read More

The Chicago strikers—who include workers from McDonald's, Subway, Macy's, Sears, and Victoria's Secret—are demanding a wage floor of $15 an hour and the right to form a union. Read More

A West, Texas, woman who lost her home in last week's fertilizer plant explosion claims to have "suffered physical as well as emotional injuries" in a lawsuit against the plant's owner. Read More

Now it's Sen. Rand Paul who is suggesting the Boston bombings raises serious questions about America's border security. But they seem to have a few basic facts confused. Read More