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Corporate America spends millions lobbying to win permanent most favored nation (MFN) trade status for China, with its vast market and dirt-cheap labor force.

How can we curtail corporate power?

In this VideoNation report, Nation columnist Naomi Klein explains how after 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a new security economy, driven by the notion of an endless war against an undefined evil.

Sociologist Katherine Newman talks about the "near poor," that vast pool of workers who are neither officially destitute nor comfortably working-class.

Economic populism is the new flavor in politics, but it won't be authentic unless it's driven by and for the people.

The super-rich are taking over all the beautiful places in America. What's left
for you and me?

Why would anyone trust a hedge fund?

As the gap between rich and poor widens, Americans await reforms to improve the well-being of all.

The gap between rich and poor hasn't been this wide since the Depression.

Progressives need to create an economic agenda that encompasses the environment and social justice.