Economy

Massive Wall Street Protest Draws Over 20,000 Massive Wall Street Protest Draws Over 20,000

Tens of thousands of protesters descended upon Wall Street to demand an end to Mayor Bloomberg's draconian budget cuts and his cozy relationship with billion-dollar corporations.

May 13, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground

Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground

Facing a state budget that guts public jobs and services, a progressive coalition comes alive.

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Amy Hanauer

US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders

The fast-growing protest group believes that instead of asking citizens to sacrifice, government should demand that corporations pay their taxes.

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Allison Kilkenny

A Fair Tax on Millionaires A Fair Tax on Millionaires

Why should those worth hundreds of millions pay tax at the same rate as those who are middle class?

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Mark Engler

No Free Ride for Finance No Free Ride for Finance

A financial activities tax (FAT) would encourage long-term investing and help plug budget deficits. Can states rally to pass them?

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Dean Baker

US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger

On April 30, US Uncut protesters came to New York CIty to hold classes in lobbies of one of the biggest corporate tax dodgers in the US: Bank of America.

May 11, 2011 / The Nation

How Mississippi’s Floods Highlight America’s Inequality How Mississippi’s Floods Highlight America’s Inequality

Major disasters show us how interdependent people are in this country and force us to better understand how we can work together in communities and in government.

May 10, 2011 / Press Room

Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations Badgering Students to Fork Over Alumni Donations

A University of Pennsylvania student describes the pressure to begin alumni donations—even before he's picked up his diploma.

May 10, 2011 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross

Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’! Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’!

Senator Bernie Sanders is back with a plan for real health care reform. Instead of cutting Medicare, as Paul Ryan proposes, he wants to respond to our health-care crisis with ...

May 10, 2011 / John Nichols

The NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Calling Off the Coming Season The NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Calling Off the Coming Season

The upcoming pro football season is in danger of being canceled because of a little dust-up between millionaires and billionaires.

May 10, 2011 / Robert Lipsyte

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