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Outsourcing the Friedman (Regions and Countries, Outsourcing and off shoring)

Thomas Friedman hasn't been this worked up about free trade since the anti-World Trade Organization protests in Seattle.

Naomi Klein
Understanding the World With Paul Sweezy (Political Figures, Economic Policy)

I'm an optimist by disposition, but some weeks it's hard to find evidence of progress in human affairs.

Alexander Cockburn
Greenspan's Con Job (Government, Political Figures, Economic Policy, Taxes, Politics)

It is not exactly that he lies, but Alan Greenspan certainly ranks among the most duplicitous figures to serve in modern American government.

William Greider
The Wages of Fear (Government, Poverty, Non-fiction, Politics)

Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty in his State of the Union Message exactly forty years ago.

Katherine S. Newman
'Outsourcing' Our Lives (Economics, George W. Bush)

Thursday, February 5

Frank LaGrotta
Trade Wins (Corporate Media and Consolidation, Corporate Responsibility, Globalization, Society)

Paul Wellstone would have loved the turn the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has taken.

John Nichols
Bush's Budget Lies (Economic Policy, George W. Bush)

George W. Bush's budget is a true lie.

Robert L. Borosage
AWOL on the Truth (Bush Administration, Economic Policy, US Wars and Military Action, Politics)

How far can George W. Bush and his White House team go? On the two biggest issues facing them--the war and the budget--there is no end to their disregard for the truth.

The Editors
A Stealth Tax on Wages (Bush Administration, Gap Between Wealth and Poverty, Politics)

The White House is trying to radically restructure the federal government's revenue-raising activities.

Eric Laursen
Working and Poor in the USA (Living Wage Campaign, Poverty, Politics, Society)

A vast impoverished population languishes in the midst of our economy.

Beth Shulman

Blogs

This Week: Stumbling Toward Sequestration
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The $85 billion sequester will hurt our economy—and our people.

March 2, 2013
This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions
Greg Kaufmann

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions uses some very creative math to prove that people in poverty have incomes that are similar to the middle class.

March 1, 2013
The Human Costs of Sequester
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rather than obsessing over a deficit boogie man, we should be putting financially battered Americans back to work.

February 26, 2013
To Beat Austerity, Obama Must Campaign for Democracy
John Nichols

How committed is the president to kicking big money out of politics?

February 25, 2013
This Week in Poverty: How Obama Can Fight Hunger Now
Greg Kaufmann

There are 50 million Americans struggling with hunger—and with sequestration, things will get worse. 

February 22, 2013
Letter From Tanzania II: A Visit to the US Embassy
Bob Dreyfuss

The country needs more foreign aid to develop infrastructure amid the effects of climate change, but don’t look to the private sector.

February 19, 2013
Ten Things You Should Know About #TheRealTANF
Greg Kaufmann

TANF authorization expires at the end of March. The program isn’t what you think it is.

February 19, 2013
Stop Coddling the Big Banks
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Financial institutions that are Too Big to Fail are also Too Big to Exist—something conservatives and progressives should be able to agree on.

February 12, 2013
Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy
John Nichols

Election officals across the country express concerns about the USPS move to cut delivery. Congress should take note and block the cut.

February 8, 2013
This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF
Greg Kaufmann

The TANF program expires in March, and the American people need to know what it’s all about before it’s renewed.

February 8, 2013