Economy

China’s Pacific Dreams

China’s Pacific Dreams China’s Pacific Dreams

How Washington’s and Beijing’s visions for the future may turn into a nightmare.

Jun 20, 2013 / Pepe Escobar

Pelosi Blasts Proposed Food Stamp Cuts, Says Farm Bill Is Endangered

Pelosi Blasts Proposed Food Stamp Cuts, Says Farm Bill Is Endangered Pelosi Blasts Proposed Food Stamp Cuts, Says Farm Bill Is Endangered

Food stamp cuts represent a broader agenda for a Republican caucus that doesn’t ‘believe in government.’

Jun 20, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

Dave Zirin: Brazil’s Protests Are About More Than Bus Fare

Dave Zirin: Brazil’s Protests Are About More Than Bus Fare Dave Zirin: Brazil’s Protests Are About More Than Bus Fare

And they’re picking up steam throughout the country.

Jun 19, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

The New Economy Balance Sheet

The New Economy Balance Sheet The New Economy Balance Sheet

A visionary approach to financial accounting could inject the values of fairness and sustainability into standard business practice.

Jun 19, 2013 / Bob Massie

What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate

What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate

The current debate about food stamps is fantastic—unless you are someone who likes facts and evidence.

Jun 18, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages

Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages

Workers at Guitar Center, the music gear company recently purchased by Bain Capital, say they can’t survive under new pay structures.

Jun 18, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party

Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party

Taking inspiration from small strikes and actions over the past few years, OUR Walmart activists struck a note of dissent at the corporation’s annual party.

Jun 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America

This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America

The closing of a Head Start center in Neodesha, Kansas shows what sequester cuts mean to rural America.

Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race

Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race Inequality Enters the Mayor’s Race

One candidate’s push to move New York past the new “gilded age.”

Jun 13, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Killing the Messenger: Greek Government Shuts Down the State Broadcaster

Killing the Messenger: Greek Government Shuts Down the State Broadcaster Killing the Messenger: Greek Government Shuts Down the State Broadcaster

After the government announces the closing of ERT by fiat, staff occupy the building as protesters gather outside.

Jun 11, 2013 / Blog / Maria Margaronis

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