Economy

The upper class rich white folks think poverty comes from people being u201ctoo lazy.u201d In all reality, African Americans and Latinos do not get the chances they deserve.

Suffering and dangers in Haiti are being ignored by the government, which is spending US $6 million on a massive makeup job.

Poverty rates have not gone down and hunger in our country may be at its highest levels since the Great Depression.

By banning Golden Dawn, the ruling parties in Greece are distracting the public from their own involvement in the crime.

Sam Pizzigati: Today, more than ever, we need to refocus the federal ‘tax and spend’ debate - from deficits to inequality.

They've done it. A mere thirty Republican Tea Party extremists have managed to shut down the U.S. government, potentially tanking a national economy that's already on life support. Ironically …

In “High Rise Stories,” editor Audrey Petty has put a human face on public housing, offering front-line histories that address the institutional roadblocks and self-sabotage that all too often …

Rania Khalek: Government shutdown means halting social services while maintaining NSA spying, deportations and continuing drone strikes in Afghanistan.

As negotiations remain stalled, Imara Jones of Colorlines.com looks at who is being hardest hit by the shutdown.

Real anarchists aren't just for abolition of the state. They're for a society in which ordinary people can freely and democratically govern themselves.