Economy

Washington's much-hyped federal budget deal offers little relief for public employees.

An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.

Mexico's growth has been weak since the ‘free trade’ deal was signed, and it missed out on the region's poverty reduction.

Democracy Now! speaks to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and author of the new report, “NAFTA at 20.”

David Bacon: Obama's push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership demonstrates his 2008 campaign pledge to oppose NAFTA-style free trade agreements was just lip service.

It's been a rollercoaster ride of a year for immigrant rights activists with clashes with law enforcement and nationwide rallies for reform leaving many immigrants seeking a reprieve from …

Nelson Mandela was forever playing new roles; Danny Schechter talks to Truthout about them and his new book, “Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela.”

In the year ahead, nurses and college students just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic - and growing - income inequality.

Thom Hartmann: Corporate power has a strangle hold on the entire American existence, and it has turned our entire lives into a profit-making venture.

In the face of these dangers, the great popular resistance that gave India its independence is stirring.