The New Economy Balance Sheet The New Economy Balance Sheet
A visionary approach to financial accounting could inject the values of fairness and sustainability into standard business practice.
Jun 19, 2013 / Bob Massie
What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate
The current debate about food stamps is fantastic—unless you are someone who likes facts and evidence.
Jun 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages
Workers at Guitar Center, the music gear company recently purchased by Bain Capital, say they can’t survive under new pay structures.
Jun 18, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party
Taking inspiration from small strikes and actions over the past few years, OUR Walmart activists struck a note of dissent at the corporation’s annual party.
Jun 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America
The closing of a Head Start center in Neodesha, Kansas shows what sequester cuts mean to rural America.
Jun 14, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race
One candidate’s push to move New York past the new “gilded age.”
Jun 13, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Killing the Messenger: Greek Government Shuts Down the State Broadcaster Killing the Messenger: Greek Government Shuts Down the State Broadcaster
After the government announces the closing of ERT by fiat, staff occupy the building as protesters gather outside.
Jun 11, 2013 / Maria Margaronis
The Sword Drops on Food Stamps The Sword Drops on Food Stamps
The Senate passed a bill that cuts benefits for low-income Americans and will cost over 56,000 jobs.
Jun 11, 2013 / George Zornick
Josh Eidelson: Fighting Back Against Walmart’s Exploitation Josh Eidelson: Fighting Back Against Walmart’s Exploitation
The Nation’s Josh Eidelson discusses the striking Walmart workers on Democracy Now!.
Jun 11, 2013 / Press Room
How Spy Agency Contractors Have Already Abused Their Power How Spy Agency Contractors Have Already Abused Their Power
Could intelligence-gathering private contractors abuse their power? A scandal from 2011 shows contractors willing to snoop on activists and journalists for cash.
Jun 11, 2013 / Lee Fang