News Analysis

Dean Baker: Big money is at stake here and the big boys intend to get a win with TPP. Logic, numbers, and evidence face an uphill battle.

The goal has been to create a borderless world for goods and finance while building fences with razor wire to keep workers in place.

The release of Samer Issawi on December 23, 2013 was a moment of joy that will linger in the memories of all who witnessed it.

What's the matter with North Carolina? Just a couple of weeks into 2014, the state has already taken some drastic, anti-progressive steps designed to harm its least fortunate citizens.

The disparity between the wealthy minority and the billions living in suffocating poverty is greater than it has ever been.

How have national media kept up with the dramatically changing landscape of women's health? Not so well.

By 2030, the prison population age 55 and over is predicted to be 4,400 percent more than what it was in 1981. Some state and federal prison systems look …

Contrary to the official story, Greece's economy is not recovering, and the continuation of the Troika's neoliberal austerity medicine assure the country a bleak economic and social future.

Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?

The answer to what happened in West Virginia lies in a complex failure of oversight and regulation that stretches from local enforcement all the way to the halls of …