Economy

You could choke on the irony in Charlotte this Labor Day. The United States' faux labor holiday falls on day one of the Democratic National Convention.

While recent moves by major European banks to scale back agriculture related financial investments is a positive step forward, there is still more work to be done.

Even as Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan exhort Republicans to embrace their proposed Medicare changes and spending cuts, the partyu2019s rank and file is growing less enthusiastic …

As a native and resident of New Orleans who has spent three decades in and out of Haiti, and as director of an organization with offices in both places, …

In today's On the News segment: The RNC wrapped up this week, but Mitt Romney was overshadowed by Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair for ten minutes; austerity …

While feminism has evolved with the social and economic changes of this century, the end game has not: equality for all women and the work that they do.

As the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) sets September 10 as the day it will begin its strike, another group of Chicago teachers say they are being unfairly pressured into …

Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, announced that the Fed

As fossil fuels disappear, catabolic greed emerges from the back alleys of the growth economy.

Some people in Washington want to cut Social Security and veterans' benefits, by cutting the cost-of-living adjustment.