Economy

The very same austerity policies that Republicans in Washington are constantly pushing on us are the same policies that are driving Americans to kill themselves.

Small groups of community organizers are shouldering the Herculean task of protecting such neighborhoods abandoned by the federal government.

Fast food workers in seven U.S. cities are walking off the job this week in what organizers say is the largest strike in the industryu2019s history.

The budget cuts, known as sequestration, have forced the Pentagon to craft a number of contingency plans.

The President offered Republicans a corporate tax reform plan that gives them everything they want.

Illinois fatcats discuss a plan to sabotage state bond ratings in a scheme to destroy pensions.

Our money system is ill-equipped to help us solve the socio-economic and ecological challenges we face.

Ellen Brown: The question is whether cities and counties can afford not to set up their own municipal banks.

Why is President Obama using Amazon to tout his ideas for job creation?

When the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United vs. Federal Elections commission that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government, many …