Mike Pence’s Partners on Climate
Trump's running mate is part of a Clean Power Plan opposition network that tax-dodging utilities companies have helped fund.
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From Occupy Protests to the Platforms
A lawyer-activist reflects on the significance of the Occupy Wall Street call for the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall appearing in both the Democratic and Republican Party platforms. At Occupy Wall Street...
In Brazil, a Pre-Olympics Folly
No one will ever run the 100-meter dash in less than five seconds. And no one, Brazil’s story suggests, will ever end poverty while ignoring grand fortune.
The American Dream Moved to Canada
We're witnessing accelerating advantages for the affluent and compounding disadvantages for everyone else.
Organizing in a Brave New World
By demanding more instead of accepting less, and aligning campaigns against the billionaires at the top, labor can inspire and organize a movement dedicated to redistributing wealth and power. Austerity,...
Numb to the ‘Economic Recovery’
African American and Latino households still haven't recovered to pre-recession levels, another sign of the growing racial wealth divide. Recently the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment situation report, which...
Lessons in Viking Economics
George Lakey's new book explains how the Nordic countries have achieved their egalitarian society and high standard of living
Taking on America’s Prison Profiteers
Should we let ‘entrepreneurs’ get rich locking up kids? Not with my child, says this Louisiana activist, not with any child. [caption id="attachment_12037" align="alignright" width="252"] Louisiana criminal justice activist Grace...
Big Headlines for a Tiny Wage Hike
Billionaire banker Jamie Dimon says he’s fighting inequality. If we take him seriously, the joke — and much worse — will be on us.
Our Racial Wealth Gap Is No Accident
For the first time, Democrats are acknowledging America's deep racial wealth gap — and the policies that created it.
Working While Black
With people of color soon dominating the working class, it's even more important that everyone earns a living wage. Without this we are doomed to eternal inequality.
A Real People’s Champion in Maine
Rising progressive star Ben Chin, the political director of the feisty Maine People’s Alliance, has some important lessons to share. Maine Governor Paul LePage finds Ben Chin so threatening he’s...