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Amid Coronavirus, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People
The rule would impose more strict work requirements on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
Inequality in a Globalized World Makes Pandemics and Financial Crises Inevitable
The coronavirus has shown us that unforeseen factors can crush the market and, by extension, the economy and workers.
Experts Say Trump Is Exploiting Coronavirus Crisis to Attack Social Security
Economists say Trump's proposal to cut the payroll tax is “a Trojan Horse attack” on Social Security.
Plunging Stock Market Ignites Fears of Meltdown as Coronavirus Spreads
Some fear a financial meltdown on the scale of the 2008 crisis as the recorded U.S. coronavirus cases surpasses 500.
Last Pre-Coronavirus Jobs Report Shows Strong Job Growth, Weak Wage Growth
Wage growth slowed further in February to just 3 percent over the last year.
California Seniors Protest Eviction With “Walker Brigade”
The eviction notices come as the whole state contends with skyrocketing housing costs.
New NAFTA Curtails Corporate Tribunals, But Loopholes Remain
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement blocks many but not all corporations from suing governments over investors’ rights.
It’s Not Just Hospitals That Sue Patients Who Can’t Pay
The practice of suing patients isn’t new for Southeastern Emergency Physicians or its parent company TeamHealth.
Trump Budget Would Cut Temporary Assistance for Needy Families by $21 Billion
The budget also would impose new spending restrictions that could prompt states to cut basic assistance.
Bloomberg’s 2008 Story About the Great Recession Is Still Racist and Untrue
A video of Michael Bloomberg blaming the financial crash on efforts to fight redlining is making the rounds again.