Raise wages, kill jobs? The team at Civic Skunk Works investigates this talking point and hears from experts about a new study which upends this repeated trickle-down claim.

Scheduling practices today are appalling. Employees are given schedules which make it impossible to plan for the most basic elements of daily life. Seattle has already led the nation on the $15 minimum wage; now learn how it's leading the fight to protect a worker’s right to secure scheduling.

With more and more Americans moving from traditional jobs to freelance and part-time work, the so called "gig economy" is changing the very nature of employment. How will the middle class survive the loss of benefits and security? A new social contract - a "Shared Security System" - is one possible answer.