A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street
Congressman Keith Ellison renews his call for a financial transactions tax—this time, with a grassroots movement behind him.
Apr 17, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
AFL-CIO’s Non-Union Worker Group Headed Into Workplaces in Fifty States AFL-CIO’s Non-Union Worker Group Headed Into Workplaces in Fifty States
Working America is set to expand across the country—and directly enter the workplace.
Apr 17, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis
Nearly forty years after Ford told New York to drop dead, the city is still here—but forever changed.
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein
How the 1 Percent Rules How the 1 Percent Rules
An elite nonprofit no one’s ever heard of has turned New York into a city of tall towers and tony boulevards.
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Doug Henwood
What Happened to Working-Class New York? What Happened to Working-Class New York?
As images of wealth abound, the struggles of ordinary workers have become invisible.
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Joshua Freeman
A Wall Street State of Mind A Wall Street State of Mind
How a city that once celebrated seamstresses and stevedores came to admire "big swinging dicks."
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Steve Fraser
Obama’s Secret ‘Times’ Op-Ed Advisory Board, Unmasked! Obama’s Secret ‘Times’ Op-Ed Advisory Board, Unmasked!
What will Middleman do next?
Apr 16, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Why Obama’s Chained-CPI ‘Protections’ Aren’t Good Enough Why Obama’s Chained-CPI ‘Protections’ Aren’t Good Enough
Obama proposes making bad benefit cuts slightly less bad.
Apr 15, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
Hello, Supply Side! Hello, Supply Side!
On Tax Day, let's consider a right-wing Zombie Idea that won't die despite even being debunked in National Review: that "tax cuts pay for themselves."
Apr 15, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Tax Loopholes for All! Tax Loopholes for All!
Tax Day is here, and you can avail yourself of an offshore tax haven—just as the biggest businesses do.
Apr 15, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders