Economy

Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever

Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever Larry Summers Is Out, but the Boys’ Club Is as In as Ever

The protracted fight to get a more qualified woman nominated over a less qualified man is a perfect parable for how hard achieving diversity really is.

Sep 17, 2013 / Bryce Covert

The People Win as Lawrence Summers Trades Power for Wealth

The People Win as Lawrence Summers Trades Power for Wealth The People Win as Lawrence Summers Trades Power for Wealth

But Main Street must still live with the consquences of the policies he helped engineer. 

Sep 17, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council

Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the Taxi Workers Alliance, makes history as a newly-elected member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. 

Sep 16, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed

Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed

Obama has a chance to name a reformer as Fed Chair and make good on the "new politics" he promised in 2008.

Sep 16, 2013 / William Greider

The Populist Rebellion That Tripped Up Larry Summers

The Populist Rebellion That Tripped Up Larry Summers The Populist Rebellion That Tripped Up Larry Summers

The top candidate for the Federal Reserve chair withdraws his name from consideration after key Democratic senators said they would oppose him.

Sep 15, 2013 / John Nichols

Occupy Activists’ New Fight for Regulation, Affordable Housing and Social Justice

Occupy Activists’ New Fight for Regulation, Affordable Housing and Social Justice Occupy Activists’ New Fight for Regulation, Affordable Housing and Social Justice

Next week marks the two-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Here are what some of the best and brightest organizers are working on now.

Sep 12, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

AFL-CIO Convention Closes With Obamacare Critique and Call for ‘Bipartisan Political Action’

AFL-CIO Convention Closes With Obamacare Critique and Call for ‘Bipartisan Political Action’ AFL-CIO Convention Closes With Obamacare Critique and Call for ‘Bipartisan Political Action’

Union presidents challenged the Obama administration to fix Affordable Care Act issues which they warned could devastate their health plans.

Sep 12, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Fashion Models Are Workers, Too

Fashion Models Are Workers, Too Fashion Models Are Workers, Too

Defying stereotypes, the Model Alliance gets serious about organizing—and writes its own law to protect the most vulnerable models: children and young teens.

Sep 11, 2013 / Feature / Elizabeth Cline

Dollarocracy

Dollarocracy Dollarocracy

Special interests dominate Washington and undermine our democracy.

Sep 11, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

The Patriarchy Lives On

The Patriarchy Lives On The Patriarchy Lives On

Hanna Rosin preemptively declares the death of a system that still shapes our workplaces and our lives.

Sep 11, 2013 / Bryce Covert

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