Economy

Bill Clinton: The Great Deregulator Bill Clinton: The Great Deregulator

Bill Clinton bears as much responsibility as any politician for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Sep 10, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Why Strike? Hear It From a Chicago Teacher (VIDEO) Why Strike? Hear It From a Chicago Teacher (VIDEO)

Twenty-six thousand teachers and school staff are expected to join the picket lines in Chicago Monday. Why? 

Sep 10, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders

A Promise Obama Can Keep Before the Election: Make Trade Transparent A Promise Obama Can Keep Before the Election: Make Trade Transparent

A sweeping new “Trans-Pacific Partnership” agreement is being negotiated in or name but without our informed consent. Obama should remove the cloak of secrecy.

Sep 9, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Jobs Report Creates Friday-Morning Hangover for Democrats Jobs Report Creates Friday-Morning Hangover for Democrats

The sluggish status quo continues, presenting voters with a decision to make on who can best improve the economy.

Sep 7, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

This Week in Poverty: ‘Beating the Drum About Poverty’ (and Obama’s Nomination Speech) This Week in Poverty: ‘Beating the Drum About Poverty’ (and Obama’s Nomination Speech)

Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West continue to seek out and speak out on behalf of people living in poverty with their Poverty Tour 2.0.

Sep 7, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Obama Manufactures an Argument for His Re-election Obama Manufactures an Argument for His Re-election

Obama promised a million new industrial jobs if he is re-elected. That's smart politics. But he should be listening to fellow Democrats who back fair trade and serious industrial p...

Sep 7, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Clinton Touts Welfare Reform. Here’s How It Failed. Clinton Touts Welfare Reform. Here’s How It Failed.

Clinton may be explainer-in-chief, but he left out the gaping hole welfare reform has made in the safety net.

Sep 6, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert

A Nun on the Podium Takes Apart Paul Ryan A Nun on the Podium Takes Apart Paul Ryan

One of the most powerful, and most powerfully-received speeches of the DNC was that of Sister Simone Campbell, one of the "Nuns on the Bus."

Sep 6, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy? A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy?

If women really do become this country’s breadwinners, it’ll likely mean more families slip from the middle class.

Sep 6, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert

Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt

Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.

Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / Astra Taylor

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