Cashing Out Detroit Cashing Out Detroit
Saving jobs by giving automakers large amounts of cash is a very expensive form of trickle-down. What we need is a clear plan about how automakers will use the money.
Nov 10, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
GM-Chrysler: Too Dumb to Fail GM-Chrysler: Too Dumb to Fail
Doesn't anyone in Washington have the courage to pull the plug on an industry on life support?
Oct 29, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Establishment Disorder Establishment Disorder
Obama must decide between small-bore reforms and a far more ambitious agenda to remake the economy.
Oct 29, 2008 / Feature / William Greider
Dilberts of the World, Unite! Dilberts of the World, Unite!
Can a populist uprising flourish in a sector traditionally hostile to collective action?
Jun 5, 2008 / Feature / David Sirota
Fox News’ Obama Lies Are Spreading Fox News’ Obama Lies Are Spreading
We'd expect Fox News to cover Barack Obama unfairly, but who knew the so-called "liberal media" would follow their lead so often?
Apr 21, 2008 / Brave New Films
How to Swim Against the Current How to Swim Against the Current
People are wriggling free of the fetters of corporate culture.
Mar 6, 2008 / Feature / Jim Hightower and Susan DeMarco
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen
Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural disasters like the California wildfires are being met with a new model: privatized disaster response.
Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Naomi Klein
How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry
Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW
The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.
Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Max Fraser
Travails of the Super-Rich Travails of the Super-Rich
Just in time for Labor Day, a new report on the gap between the boss and the average worker is a gleefully malicious attack on the richest CEOs.
Aug 31, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich