Economy

Wall Street Occupation Continues Wall Street Occupation Continues

The #OccupyWallStreet protest continues with tense standoffs between activists and police, and a guest appearance by Roseanne Barr. 

Sep 21, 2011 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

Fighting for Real ‘Shared Sacrifice’ Fighting for Real ‘Shared Sacrifice’

FDR’s leadership offers more than nostalgia.

Sep 20, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Katrina vanden Heuvel: With Combative Deficit Plan, Obama Is ‘Picking The Right Fights’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: With Combative Deficit Plan, Obama Is ‘Picking The Right Fights’

With his combative deficit reduction speech, President Obama's "picking the right fights, drawing the right lines and setting up the debate for 2012."

Sep 20, 2011 / Nation in the News / The Ed Show

Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair? Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair?

The traditional labor movement is hitting roadblocks trying to organize farmworkers. But campaigns that push the bounds of union organizing are finding success, on and off the farm...

Sep 20, 2011 / Michelle Chen

SEC Launches Major Investigation Into S&P Downgrade SEC Launches Major Investigation Into S&P Downgrade

Inquiries from the SEC into the federal credit downgrade might reveal a relationship between rating agencies and Wall Street that goes beyond cozy to criminal. 

Sep 20, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand Against Free Trade Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand Against Free Trade

The Democrats’ new star had some tough words for Obama and the Democratic Party on upcoming free trade deals.  

Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech: Deep Medicare, Medicaid Cuts The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech: Deep Medicare, Medicaid Cuts

The president plans to cut “waste, fraud and abuse,” but his proposal would in practice harm the neediest.

Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Fighting Poverty Now

Fighting Poverty Now Fighting Poverty Now

Last week's poverty figures made the media take notice of our historic poverty rate. Here's what we should do about it.

Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide

A burgeoning “John Doe” probe targets anti-labor governor's political appointees.

Sep 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits

Headlining Wisconsin's Fighting Bob Fest, the largest annual gathering of progressives in the country, the Vermont senator drew the loudest cheers for a stern warning to the presid...

Sep 18, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

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