Economy

Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare

Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare

The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.

Apr 7, 2011 / The Editors

Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis

The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.

Apr 7, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis

The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.

Apr 7, 2011 / CNN

‘Tax the Rich, Not the Poor!’ ‘Tax the Rich, Not the Poor!’

Despite the fact that a majority of Americans want defense spending cut and the wealthy taxed at higher rates, Congress has shown only a willingness to slash social programs.

Apr 7, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation

Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation Bad Credit: How Payday Lenders Evade Regulation

The $30 billion-a-year industry continues to fleece borrowers with high rates and shady terms.

Apr 6, 2011 / Feature / Kai Wright

In Baltimore, a Test for an Alternative to Payday Loans In Baltimore, a Test for an Alternative to Payday Loans

Small-dollar loan programs are providing a cushion for the poor in Maryland—and spreading around the country.

Apr 6, 2011 / Feature / Adam Doster

New York City Teach-In Resonates with OU Audience New York City Teach-In Resonates with OU Audience

 

Apr 6, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

UMass Joins National Teach-In on Campuses Calling for Equality in America UMass Joins National Teach-In on Campuses Calling for Equality in America

National teach-in staged on college campuses across the country came to UMass Amherst Tuesday. The teach-in called for greater economic equality in America.

Apr 6, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction

Modern capital is in crisis, and neoliberalism, which redistributes wealth upward, keeps the zombie shambling forward, hungry and blindly grasping.

Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

America’s Class Problem America’s Class Problem

The delusion of a classless society in which opportunity is equally distributed is the most effective deception perpetrated by our moneyed elite.

Apr 6, 2011 / Robert Scheer

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