Economy

Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality

A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics. 

Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson

Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax Is America Broke? Not With a Robin Hood Tax

The country should look to Congressman Keith Ellison, not Paul Ryan for a fiscal vision.

Sep 14, 2012 / John Nichols

Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault! Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault!

Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political. 

Sep 13, 2012 / The Nation

Isolating America’s Workers Isolating America’s Workers

The pendulum swings hard against the rights of labor.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Craig Becker and Judith Scott

Rewriting Antitrust Law Rewriting Antitrust Law

Helping the big get bigger, the strong get stronger.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Herman Schwartz

Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza Two Lockouts, a Strike and a Pizza

Chicago teachers, NFL referees and NHL players have one thing in common: they are learning that there are two sets of rules in twenty-first-century America.

Sep 13, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor Welcome to ‘Poverty Day’: The One Time of Year When America Cares About the Poor

We need to stop looking at poverty as a separate phenomenon from the rest of the economy—an economy with a proliferation of low-wage jobs and a weak and inequitable recovery.

Sep 13, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire

Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire Chris Hedges: The Absurdity of American Empire

What happens when you force communities, families and entire ecosystems to kneel before the dictates of the marketplace?

Sep 13, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man

In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency?

Sep 12, 2012 / Wayne Barrett

How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal

Ryan wouldn’t just slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He would fundamentally alter how those programs work.

Sep 12, 2012 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert

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