Economics

Stop Coddling the Big Banks

Stop Coddling the Big Banks Stop Coddling the Big Banks

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

Feb 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy

Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy

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

Feb 8, 2013 / John Nichols

This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF

This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF This Week in Poverty: Revealing the Real TANF

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

Feb 8, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

The Missing Link in Obama’s Liberalism

The Missing Link in Obama’s Liberalism The Missing Link in Obama’s Liberalism

The president's inaugural address touched all the important bases, except one.

Feb 6, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Great Regression

The Great Regression The Great Regression

The decline of the progressive income tax and the rise of inequality.

Feb 6, 2013 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati and Chuck Collins

Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down

Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down

The rest of the developed world has left us in the dust since we enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993.

Feb 5, 2013 / Bryce Covert

Bill Clinton Calls for US Companies to Send Home Billions Banked Offshore

Bill Clinton Calls for US Companies to Send Home Billions Banked Offshore Bill Clinton Calls for US Companies to Send Home Billions Banked Offshore

At the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Wall Street Project event, Clinton said taxes earned on up to 1.7 trillion repatriated dollars should be used to build a jobs-creating infrastruct...

Feb 4, 2013 / Alleen Brown

A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes

A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes A Few Good (and Fair) Tax Hikes

Before we’re forced to pick our flavor of austerity, we should close tax loopholes in the financial sector to raise much-needed revenue.

Feb 4, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education

This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education This Week in Poverty: Time to Take On Concentrated Poverty and Education

Concentrated poverty has largely been ignored by policymakers, despite the huge impact it has on student achievement.

Feb 1, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets

Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets

The agreement is designed to resolve Walmart’s allegations that workers’ Black Friday protests were illegal.

Jan 31, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

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