Economy

Has Labor Been Left Hanging? Has Labor Been Left Hanging?

Security guards in Philadelphia face an uphill battle to unionize with the Employee Free Choice Act stalled in Congress.

Aug 17, 2009 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

Money for Nothing Money for Nothing

Big profits on Wall Street, and the big bonuses they fund, are not justified by the marketplace.

Aug 12, 2009 / Jeff Madrick

Divorce–Union Style Divorce–Union Style

Can the labor movement overcome UNITE HERE's messy breakup?

Aug 12, 2009 / Feature / Peter Dreier

Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag

The average American is paying for the banking debacle not only in taxes for the bailout but with lost jobs and homes.

Aug 12, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Sanders Unfiltered: America’s Class Crisis Sanders Unfiltered: America’s Class Crisis

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders calls for a "new type of Wall Street, a Wall Street that is not interested in bubble economics," in this first in a series of videos.

Aug 11, 2009 / Brave New Films

Banking Bandits Get Their Reward Banking Bandits Get Their Reward

By now everybody must know that the top banking executives responsible for our economic meltdown have no shame.

Aug 5, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Money for Nothing Money for Nothing

Two new studies indicate that Wall Street's profits and bonuses are vastly disproportionate to the value the industry adds to the economy.

Aug 4, 2009 / Feature / Jeff Madrick

How to Talk to Wall Street (If You Must) How to Talk to Wall Street (If You Must)

Obama shouldn't tone down his rhetoric on contentious subjects like racial profiling and executive bonuses. In fact he should emulate politicians of the past who often went off scr...

Jul 30, 2009 / Richard Lingeman

Republicans Smear the Stimulus Republicans Smear the Stimulus

Nation contributor and Grit TV host Laura Flanders weighs in on how Republicans really have no plan other than opposing Obama's plans.

Jul 30, 2009 / Countdown

Our Tattered State Safety Net Our Tattered State Safety Net

The states are in critical need of federal aid to meet basic human needs.

Jul 29, 2009 / Feature / Georgia Levenson Keohane

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