The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers) The Case for Reparations (to Undocumented Workers)
How do we calculate the uncompensated labor of Mexican and Central American migrants?
Dec 1, 2014 / Greg Grandin
How One Woman Tried—and Failed—to Stop the Fed From Driving the US Into Recession How One Woman Tried—and Failed—to Stop the Fed From Driving the US Into Recession
Nancy Teeters, who passed away last week, was the lone dissenter as Volcker’s Federal Reserve tore apart the country’s social fabric.
Nov 24, 2014 / William Greider
This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems This Is the Next Big Fight Between Progressives and the Wall Street Dems
Progressive senators are objecting to Obama’s latest Wall Street nominee.
Nov 24, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America
Warnings about the human and environmental costs went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.
Nov 24, 2014 / Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Julia Paley, and Foreign Policy In Focus
When Mega Corporations Get Mega Tax Breaks, We All Pay When Mega Corporations Get Mega Tax Breaks, We All Pay
A study finds that of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in the US, twenty-nine of them received more compensation than their companies paid in federal income tax.
Nov 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal
The Detroit of wealthy enclaves and private guards looks nothing like the other Detroit, which is becoming more uninhabitable every day.
Nov 17, 2014 / Laura Gottesdiener
Why You Shouldn’t Marry for Money Why You Shouldn’t Marry for Money
Conservatives’ silver bullet is a joke.
Nov 12, 2014 / Bryce Covert
Never Mind ISIS, It’s ISDS That’s the Real Threat Never Mind ISIS, It’s ISDS That’s the Real Threat
The Trans-Pacific Partnership might give corporations the ability to sue countries for “expected future profits.”
Nov 11, 2014 / Greg Grandin
Apostles of Growth Apostles of Growth
Capitalism’s newest critics offer a groundbreaking account of slavery, but does their economic history add up?
Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk
Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege
Palestinians in East Jerusalem face not just a wall but a welfare system designed to impoverish and ultimately remove them.
Nov 4, 2014 / Michelle Chen