New Deal’s Unsung Japanese Victory
FDRs campaign against economic royalists lived onand triumphedafter his death. But not where he would have expected.
Despite Failures, CEOs Cash In
The problem of excessive pay is not being fixed, even for the top executives of companies in distress.
The Economic Side of MLK’s Dream
We’re not much closer to the promised land than we were at the time of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination.
U.S.: 40 Years in the Wilderness
Four decades after his death, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words tragically speak to our current reality.
The Great Reckoning Is Here
A corrosive problem lies at the root of our economic instability: our society and economy are rapidly polarizing.
Change to Believe In
Forty years after the Kerner Commission report, the nation remains divided into separate and unequal societies.
Hardliners Target Detente with North Korea
The opponents of engagement with North Korea are sharpening their knives.
Ten Blockbuster Hearings
Here’s how the Democratic Party’s new majority in Congress can start making a real difference in Washington.
Deeply Unequal World
A new landmark report by the United Nations University in Helsinki shows the growing global wealth divide.
Walls, Amnesty, and False Choices
Most undocumented workers come from a region heavily influenced by U.S. foreign policy. It’s not a coincidence.
Military Intelligence
In his bid to appeal to a conservative base on the road to 2008, John McCain repeatedly urged last week that the United States send more troops to Iraq to get the job done. The military response to McCain’s political appeal demonstrates that military intelligence is no oxymoron.
Enlightenment Returns?
Do the 2006 elections mark a return of the Enlightenment?
Executive Excess 1998: CEOs Gain From Massive Downsizing
The fifth annual executive compensation survey finds that CEOs who downsize workers are rewarded.
Executive Excess 1996: How Wall Street Rewards Job Destroyers
The third annual executive compensation survey examines a new and disturbing trend: Wall Street’s rewarding of corporate layoffs.