Economy

Tom Tomorrow toon

When the Going Gets Tough for the Corporate Fat Cat When the Going Gets Tough for the Corporate Fat Cat

Invisible-hand-of-the-free-market man to the rescue!

Oct 6, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress

A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress A TPP Deal Is Finally Reached, but Don’t Assume It Will Pass Congress

Election-year pressures and the deal’s actual details may yet scuttle final passage of TPP.

Oct 5, 2015 / George Zornick

Obit Marty Beil

A Union Leader Who Always Knew Which Side He Was On A Union Leader Who Always Knew Which Side He Was On

AFSCME leader Marty Beil battled Scott Walker on behalf of public employees and the public good.

Oct 5, 2015 / John Nichols

Journalists in the newsroom at Al Jazeera America.

This Is What It Takes to Unionize a Newsroom This Is What It Takes to Unionize a Newsroom

On Tuesday, we’ll find out if Al Jazeera America’s digital editorial staff will become the latest new media workers to unionize.

Oct 5, 2015 / Michelle Chen

China’s Stock Market Crash Is the Latest Crisis of Global Capitalism

China’s Stock Market Crash Is the Latest Crisis of Global Capitalism China’s Stock Market Crash Is the Latest Crisis of Global Capitalism

Alongside rising protests from farmers and workers, China now confronts a middle class anxious about a slowdown in growth and burned by the stock market bust. It’s a volatile brew.

Oct 5, 2015 / Walden Bello

These Guestworkers Just Won $20 Million Back From the Company That Trafficked Them

These Guestworkers Just Won $20 Million Back From the Company That Trafficked Them These Guestworkers Just Won $20 Million Back From the Company That Trafficked Them

An unprecedented win highlights just how exploitative this country’s guestworker program really is.

Oct 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Can Community Land Trusts Solve Baltimore’s Homelessness Problem?

Can Community Land Trusts Solve Baltimore’s Homelessness Problem? Can Community Land Trusts Solve Baltimore’s Homelessness Problem?

Vast numbers of Baltimore’s buildings are uninhabited. Could a new model of ownership put them in the hands of communities?

Oct 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Vietnamese kindergarten students

The Right Is Alienating a Huge and Amazingly Diverse Immigrant Population The Right Is Alienating a Huge and Amazingly Diverse Immigrant Population

Our relentless focus on the Latino vote obscures all the other people GOP nativists are pissing off.

Oct 1, 2015 / Joshua Holland

Bloody Sunday mural in Selma

Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, Is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights

Alabama passed a strict voter-ID law and then closed 31 DMV offices in the state.

Oct 1, 2015 / Ari Berman

It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement

It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement It’s Time to Lock In the Wins of the Climate Movement

This is a new generation’s moment in history.

Oct 1, 2015 / Tom Hayden

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