Economy

It’s Better Over There

It’s Better Over There It’s Better Over There

In Germany, a strong social safety net keeps people from plunging into the abyss. Why are we so averse to having that security in the United States?

Sep 2, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The UAW Hits the Streets

The UAW Hits the Streets The UAW Hits the Streets

Bob King, the new UAW president, has dusted off the union and renewed its activist traditions.

Sep 2, 2010 / John Nichols

Unequal Sacrifice

Unequal Sacrifice Unequal Sacrifice

Why are poorer and less-educated citizens more likely to die in America's wars?

Sep 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

Busted: Stories of the Financial Crisis Busted: Stories of the Financial Crisis

The one thing that a thousand books written from within the financial crisis won't contemplate is the possibility of an unhappy ending for capitalism.

Sep 2, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

With China on the Rise, Progressives Debate the New World Order With China on the Rise, Progressives Debate the New World Order

For his article China in the Driver's Seat, Robert Dreyfuss talked to dozens of progressive academics, journalists and policy-makers about the rise of the new economic superpower....

Sep 1, 2010 / The Nation

This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions

This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions

Unions are in trouble. But if only we'd listened to them more often in the past, America wouldn't be in the predicament it's in now.

Sep 1, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

New York Communities Take on Foreclosures New York Communities Take on Foreclosures

A coalition of working families, politicians and unions are demanding that Big Banks increase permanent mortgage modifications to stop New York's full-blown foreclosure crisis.

Aug 30, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?

The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?

Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's episode of The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil dr...

Aug 27, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Doing Green Jobs Right

Doing Green Jobs Right Doing Green Jobs Right

Activists in Boston shape energy policy through new community-labor alliances.

Aug 26, 2010 / Feature / Amy B. Dean

They Go or Obama Goes

They Go or Obama Goes They Go or Obama Goes

Barack Obama and the Democrats he led to a stunning victory two years ago are going down hard in the face of an economic crisis that he did nothing to create but which he has fai...

Aug 25, 2010 / Robert Scheer

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