Working Too Hard For Too Little: An Interview with Senator Sherrod Brown

In 2006, Sherrod Brown won a seat in the U.S. Senate and was reelected in 2012, both times by healthy margins. However, Ohio, traditionally a swing state, swung hard to the Republicans last year, and Brown begins his 2018 campaign essentially tied in the polls. This spring, the senator issued a lengthy document, "Working Too Hard for Too Little: A Plan for Restoring the Value of Work in America," which lays out a set of innovative ideas about how to raise wages, make jobs more secure, and compel employers to adhere to decent standards on the job. In late April, Michael Kazin interviewed the senator in his office on Capitol Hill.