Economy
August 28, 2025 -
As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an Institute analysis finds that half of the complaints filed by consumers asking for the Bureau's help have come from Southern states.
February 24, 2025 -
The Trump administration has unleashed massive cuts to federal jobs and programs since taking office. With close to a third of federal employees based in Southern states, the region could be uniquely hard-hit.
February 10, 2025 -
As a historic union election gets underway this week at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, the president of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment describes the importance of the vote for workers at the RDU1 facility and across the South.
October 30, 2024 -
Step Up Louisiana co-founder and co-director Maria Harmon joined the Southern Labor Studies Association's Working History podcast to talk about the organization's Fall for Liberation campaign.
October 17, 2024 -
Paul Ortiz joined the Southern Labor Studies Association's Working History podcast to discuss higher education organizing in Florida and the history of higher education labor in the South.
September 2, 2024 -
Alice Driver talks about her new book "The Life and Death of the American Worker," an accounting of the lives and working conditions faced by poultry and meatpacking workers in Arkansas, where Tyson Foods is headquartered.
August 21, 2023 -
Jeff Springman's suit raises questions about worker safety in the field, even as oil and gas workers have spent decades pushing for stricter safety standards. As the renewable energy industry grows, advocates continue to call for better policies.
