Economy

The recent Walmart strikes — beginning first among warehouse workers in California, then spreading to others in Elwood, Illinois, and finally to Walmart retail stores across the United States …

With standardized testing a staple in schools across the nation, the companies that create and sell these tests are making a fortune from your children's education.

The neighborhood-based Community Development Corporation (CDC) grew out of the need to combine the community-serving mission of a nonprofit organization with the wealth-building and ownership capacities of an economic …

Costas Lapavitsas: Left party Syriza leads polls but conditions for fascism also developing as crisis deepens.

The data show that when competition is healthy, investment is high, innovation flourishes and consumers reap the rewards.

There are valid arguments against going over the fiscal cliff, but the national debt is not one of them.

The aftermath of Mervyn's 2008 bankruptcy is an instructive example of what is wrong when PE companies can profit while employees and communities pay the price.

A half-percent tax on all financial transactions makes it to Congress.

While auto parts workers lost jobs, homes and health insurance, the Romneys made millions offshoring their lives.

A new $1 billion plan to turn a vacant base into a shipping and logistics center will create thousands of jobs for the Oakland residents who need them most.