Economy

Isolating America’s Workers Isolating America’s Workers

The pendulum swings hard against the rights of labor.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Craig Becker and Judith Scott

Rewriting Antitrust Law Rewriting Antitrust Law

Helping the big get bigger, the strong get stronger.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Herman Schwartz

Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza

Chicago teachers, NFL referees and NHL players have one thing in common: they are learning that there are two sets of rules in twenty-first-century America.

Sep 13, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor

We need to stop looking at poverty as a separate phenomenon from the rest of the economy—an economy with a proliferation of low-wage jobs and a weak and inequitable recovery.

Sep 13, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire

Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire

What happens when you force communities, families and entire ecosystems to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace?

Sep 13, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds

Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man

In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency?

Sep 12, 2012 / Wayne Barrett

How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal

Ryan wouldn’t just slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He would fundamentally alter how those programs work.

Sep 12, 2012 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert

Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege Ann Romney Contradicts RNC Speech, Admits Privilege

Whenever the Romneys get off script, they forget to pretend that they haven’t always been rich.

Sep 11, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Chicago Teachers Push Back Against Neoliberal Education Reform

Chicago Teachers Push Back Against Neoliberal Education Reform Chicago Teachers Push Back Against Neoliberal Education Reform

In Chicago, teachers aren’t just fighting for a fair contract—they’re fighting to stop the education reform agenda that dominates the national debate.

Sep 11, 2012 / Matthew Cunningham-Cook

Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan? Isn’t It Time to Go All William Jennings Bryan on Paul Ryan?

The Republican vice presidential nominee is part of an economic royalist cabal that has stalled action on farm and food legislation that’s essential to working farmers, rural...

Sep 11, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

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