Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW
The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.
Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Max Fraser
The Housing Bubble Pops The Housing Bubble Pops
To solve the subprime mortgage crisis, start with aid for vulnerable homeowners, smarter economic policies and a more competent Federal Reserve Board.
Sep 13, 2007 / Dean Baker
Welcome to Fleece U Welcome to Fleece U
Our mission is to take feckless teenagers like you and turn them into full-fledged debtors.
Sep 6, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Travails of the Super-Rich Travails of the Super-Rich
Just in time for Labor Day, a new report on the gap between the boss and the average worker is a gleefully malicious attack on the richest CEOs.
Aug 31, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Whole Foods CEO Sows Wild Oats Whole Foods CEO Sows Wild Oats
America's favorite natural grocery chain is looking like just another greedy, antiunion corporation.
Aug 28, 2007 / Feature / Matthew Blake
Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout? Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout?
SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Blackstone’s Bell Blackstone’s Bell
Is the private equity boom about to go bust?
Jun 27, 2007 / Doug Henwood
Taxpayers Lose, Halliburton Gains Taxpayers Lose, Halliburton Gains
A new report on Halliburton's role in the failed reconconstruction of Iraq documents how profits of the merchants of death are rising.
Jun 27, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
The House that Hedge Funds Built The House that Hedge Funds Built
The rickety financial skyscaper known as the subprime mortgage business is ready to tumble--and the rest of us may be buried in the rubble.
Jun 26, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Corrupt Colleges, Student Debt Corrupt Colleges, Student Debt
Corrupt college administrators have sold out students and buried them in a mountain of debt.
Jun 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman