America Is Not Broke: Fiscal Reforms that Washington Needs to Consider
Taxing Wall Street, corporations and the wealthy; taxing pollution and ending environmentally harmful subsidies; and cutting military spending to bring America back.
OWS Revives the Struggle for Economic Equality
Inspired by struggles overseas and in the past, the protests have brought the wealth gap back to the center of political debate.
The Costs of Wall Street Greed
Despite growing support in Europe and elsewhere, the Obama administration has remained opposed to a Wall Street tax.
Remembering Claudette Munson
Among the leaders of a movement to turn the end of the Cold War into economic opportunity was a mother of four in St. Paul, Minnesota, who had spent 14 years soldering circuit boards for nuclear submarines. Claudette Munson died of cancer on July 25.
Like Water for Gold in El Salvador
The story of a community’s effort to ban gold mining in El Salvador involves environmental martyrs, powerful economic interests, and a DC-based tribunal that can trump democracy.
Fixing America’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problem
The corporations that own the nation’s nuclear reactors are stuffing about four times more spent fuel into storage pools than the pools were designed to accommodate. Here’s what we can do to fix this dangerous problem.
Cut Wall Street Down to Size With a Financial Speculation Tax
A financial speculation tax might not have stopped those greed-crazed fools, but at least Uncle Sam would’ve taken in about $1.1 billion on the deals.
Protest to Power in the Philippines
Walden Bello’s journey from activist to lawmaker hasn’t changed his style.
The Plutocracy Prevention Act
One hundred years after a graduated estate tax was first conceived, Senate progressives are bringing back the proposal.
How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist
Progressives and tea party activists: Where we agree, disagree, and how we can find common good.
Swords Into Solar Panels
Owego can get solar jobs, but it will take the active involvement of Owego itself.