Economy

Activists in Detroit have appealed to the United Nations over the cityu2019s move to shut off the water of thousands of residents.

World Cup and related economic protests occurring across the country are bringing in big profits for Rio-based company Condor Nonlethal Technologies.

In this excerpt from"Brazil's Dance With the Devil," Zirin describes the history of the poor Rio communities known as favelas, targets of a real-estate land grab.

Senate Republicans are simply repackaging old ideas and trying to pass them off as pro-worker, and more.

Today,central banks are on a global corporate buying spree not to bail out bankrupt corporations but simply as an investment.

In a country where rules are enforced or not enforced to benefit the rich and screw the middle class, you will have increasing inequality and a middle class that …

In reaction to an adverse Supreme Court ruling against Argentina, President Cristina Fernu00e1ndez de Kirchner announced that Argentina would offer new bonds to its creditors governed under Argentine law.

The Millennium Development Goals will expire in 2015 and be replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals, which are intended to strengthen the international communityu2019s engagement with eradicating poverty and …

For many people in Brazil, a war has indeed broken out surrounding the current World Cup. Poor communities have been displaced by stadiums and related infrastructure for the event.

In one corner of America, we need lots more snooping.