Economy

For the first time in 17 years, our government is officially shut down.

Paul Krugman: “It was, I suppose, predictable that Europe's austerians would claim vindication at the first hint of an economic upturn.”

In the end, the Republicans won. A majority in Congress, made up of Republicans who understood they'd won and Democrats who feared a government shutdown, would have voted for …

Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects - and to help people in remote Indian villages understand this, one filmmaker brought them to the West. Here's what they thought …

We are smack dab in the middle of the most irrational, damaging, stupid, reckless, feckless fundraising drive in the history of currency.

Chris Hedges: As the country continues to suffer from the abuse of the ruling class, the impending revolution will be determined not by the urban poor, but the sinking …

The real oppression is that which is heaped on them by the upper class, the profound burden which has been shared by the vast majority of humankind throughout history: …

Looking at the ways migration has affected other countries, it is clear that US exceptionalism has no basis in fact. Why, then, is the debate over this country's immigration …

Gabriella Cowperthwaite 's documentary

In his latest article for Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi reports that Wall Street firms are now making millions in profits off of public pension funds nationwide.