The Reality Behind the ‘Surging’ U.S. Economy
A tiny uptick in wages won’t do much to help Americans squeezed by debt and facing rising prices for medicine, child care, housing, and other essentials.
Nurses Tell Big Pharma: Put Patients Over Profits
“People shouldn’t have to crowdfund for their health care. We wanted PhRMA to have to face firsthand the toll their greed takes on Americans across our country.”
Do You Really Care about the Threads You Wear?
If you like looking good, you ought to fear what rising levels of inequality are doing to America’s apparel future.
Justice is Global
A new movement is building towards an economy centered on global solidarity, rather than an international race to the bottom.
America’s Wealthy Want to Silence the Income Inequality Discussion
The richest among us are preaching the ‘opportunity’ gospel. Don’t fall for it.
A Green New Deal Town Hall: Paving the Way for a Just Transition
Truly effective climate policy will require ‘a cultural shift that is bigger than legislation.’
Gentrification Now Has More than Landlubbers Worried
Deep pockets have displaced modest-income people from plenty of prime urban terra firma. Could our offshore be next?
Stop & Shop Workers End 11-Day Strike With a Tentative Agreement
Striking workers won backing from every corner of their community, from local rabbis preparing for Passover to placard-carrying toddlers.
Patriotic Millionaires Have Simple Message: Tax the Rich
Activists, academics, and elected officials gathered in Washington to explain why and how we should raise taxes on the wealthy.
Big Pharma Runs Roughshod Over American Democracy
People of modest means face endless political gridlock when they want systems — like the drug industry — reformed. People of privilege face no such frustration.
Is Your Bank Loaded? A New Report Has the Answer
A coalition of activists is challenging the financial industry’s ties to the gun industry, its lobbyists, and the lawmakers that support it most.
Should We Tax Capital Gains?
Tax-the-rich proposals just keep coming. The latest, a capital gains tax, would hit households earning over $10 million annually the hardest.
Scapegoating Unions for the Postal Service’s Phony Crisis
At a recent Senate hearing, some officials attempted to divert attention from the real cause of post office financial losses by blaming worker rights.
Stop Saying We Can’t Afford a Green New Deal
If top U.S. corporations can afford to spend over $5 trillion buying back their own shares of stock, the United States can afford a Green New Deal.
Meet the Billionaires Profiting off Job Losses at GM
Hedge fund heads buy up mansions and NFL teams, all on the tab of autoworkers.