Why Subsidize CEOs? Why Subsidize CEOs?
Performance bonuses are tax deductible and subsidies for executive excess add up to over $14 billion a year. Enough is enough.
Aug 23, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans
Seven years after Katrina, poor people accused of crimes are being denied their right to counsel and left to languish behind bars.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Karen Houppert
The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee
Corporate sponsorship is undermining a wide network of democratic, farmer-owned co-ops.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Paul Ryan’s False Premise Paul Ryan’s False Premise
For years, he's justified his austerity budgets with premonitions of a spike in inflation and interest rates. Problem is it hasn't happened.
Aug 21, 2012 / Ben Adler
Europe’s Highway to Hell Europe’s Highway to Hell
A massive run on weak banks could destroy the euro economy. Only unlimited deposit insurance, backed by a strong central Treasury, can prevent the worst.
Aug 21, 2012 / Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
Greg Kaufmann: Sweeping up After Billionaires, but No Living Wage Greg Kaufmann: Sweeping up After Billionaires, but No Living Wage
A successful five-week strike still leaves the Houston janitors below $10 an hour, while Pennsylvania eliminates healthcare for scores of children.
Aug 21, 2012 / Press Room
For Some Women, Discrimination Prevents Return to Work For Some Women, Discrimination Prevents Return to Work
The myth that husbands need to be breadwinners is keeping some women from sharing equally in the recovery.
Aug 21, 2012 / Bryce Covert
Goldman Sachs Looks to Turn a Profit on a Program to Fight Recidivism Goldman Sachs Looks to Turn a Profit on a Program to Fight Recidivism
City officials say social impact bonds are a smart way to raise revenue. But government watchdogs worry about creeping corporate influence.
Aug 20, 2012 / Max Rivlin-Nadler
Robert Reich’s Illustrated Guide to the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan Robert Reich’s Illustrated Guide to the Romney-Ryan Economic Plan
Economist Robert Reich took to the easel to break down the tenets of Paul Ryan's economic plan.
Aug 20, 2012 / Robert B. Reich
With Romney-Ryan, GOP Becomes Grand Old Private-Equity Party With Romney-Ryan, GOP Becomes Grand Old Private-Equity Party
Republicans once warned against “unfair money-getting.” Now, they are preparing to do even more to facilitate “vulture capitalism.”
Aug 20, 2012 / John Nichols