Zimbabwe Open for Business, Code for International Finance Capitalism
Zimbabwe’s new president offered an open invitation to international capital investment and latecomers for Zimbabwe’s trek down the neoliberal development road.
How Gary Cohn and Andrew Mellon Both Failed America
Mellon’s failure greased the nation’s way into a decade of Great Depression. Will Cohn’s tax-cuts do the same?
The New, New Cold War
The Cold War has been around, in various permutations, for a long time. It will take patience, organizing, compromises, and some luck to bury it once and for all.
The Far-Right Effort to Win Hearts and Minds Across the Atlantic
Far more dangerous than the far-right effort to win elections alone is its concentrated campaign to change the culture – a strategy it owes, perversely, to the left.
8 Trailblazing Women Leading the Fight Against Inequality
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting eight fearless women leading some of today’s biggest and most impactful social movements.
11 “Small” Banks That Would Benefit from Deregulation Bill Have Huge Pay Gaps of 146 to 1
Supporters of a Senate-approved deregulation bill claim it will provide relief for community banks. But, judging by the size of the beneficiaries’ CEO-worker pay ratios, they are hardly Mom & Pops.
Just How Unequal Are America’s Major Corporations?
Pay scales at major U.S. businesses are way out of whack — and that’s just at the ones we know about.
Getting Real About School Safety
Armed adults don’t make kids safer. They put them at greater risk.
As Corruption Allegations Tail Netanyahu, Conflict Hovers over the Middle East
The White House remains firmly behind the embattled Israeli leader, which could stoke further conflict with Iran and Syria.
Sheldon Adelson and the Privatization of Foreign Policy
A hard-right Trump donor wants to finance an embassy move that puts the U.S. at odds with international law.
Poverty, Inequality, and the Poor People’s Campaign — 50 Years Later
How the diminishing value of minimum wage and declining unions are contributing to a poverty rate that hasn’t budged since 1967.
Parkland Students Join Their Generation Z Peers to Change the Country
“Our voices are getting louder. Our political power is expanding.”
This Opportunity to End the US-Backed Carnage in Yemen Must Be Seized
This is the first real chance to stop the U.S. killing in at least one of many countries where the Pentagon’s murder machines are deployed.
Apocalyptic Christianity Returns to U.S. Foreign Policy
For evangelicals, Trump’s hard right line on Israel and machinations against Iran make him an instrument of the endtimes.
Investors and Employees Gain a New Tool to Fight Inequality
The new SEC disclosure regulation finally sees daylight, bringing changes for shareholders, employees, and even consumers, Sarah Anderson explains in this Bloomberg Q+A.