Economy

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Extremists Are Using ‘Despicable Politics’

Republican fanatics are trying to take the country back to a time when workers had no rights.

Mar 24, 2011 / Press Room

Wisconsin’s Last La Follette Blocks a ‘Dictator’ Governor’s Power Grab Wisconsin’s Last La Follette Blocks a ‘Dictator’ Governor’s Power Grab

Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette has successfully blocked the publication of Governor Scott Walker's anti-labor legislation for almost two weeks. Now, the co...

Mar 24, 2011 / John Nichols

The Triangle Fire: Still Burning Before Our Nation The Triangle Fire: Still Burning Before Our Nation

One hundred years later, many of the labor conditions and political assaults on workers' rights that led to the Triangle Fire are still with us.

Mar 24, 2011 / Tula Connell

How Wall Street Crooks Get Out of Jail Free

How Wall Street Crooks Get Out of Jail Free How Wall Street Crooks Get Out of Jail Free

Over the past decade, the Justice Department has gone soft on corporate crime.

Mar 24, 2011 / Feature / William Greider

Learning What Unions Have to Teach Learning What Unions Have to Teach

In a lot of the talk about attacks on labor, the focus has been on electoral politics and cash. But doing away with unions does away with one of the only forms of popular e...

Mar 23, 2011 / Laura Flanders

US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global US Uncut’s Tax-Dodging Protests Go Global

There are now anti–tax dodging groups in the US, UK, France, Switzerland, Sudan, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Mexico and Australia. While the movement grows abroad,...

Mar 23, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren

Paul Krugman called it “The War on Elizabeth Warren.” Yves Smith wrote about “The Elizabeth Warren Rorschach Test.” There's no doubt that the insightful H...

Mar 22, 2011 / Laura Flanders

US Poverty: Past, Present and Future US Poverty: Past, Present and Future

An interview with Georgetown University law professor Peter Edelman.

Mar 22, 2011 / Greg Kaufmann

US Uncut Says Two-Tier America Has To Go US Uncut Says Two-Tier America Has To Go

Hard-working Americans are losing their homes and paying their taxes while corporate executives walk away with billions. The system has got to change.

Mar 22, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Everyone Has a Stake in US Uncut’s Fight Everyone Has a Stake in US Uncut’s Fight

After the success of recent actions, the next step for the grassroots activism group is to actively diversify the classes, races and nationalities involved in the movement.

Mar 21, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

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