Economy

Last May, as a battle was heating up between Internet companies and Hollywood over how to stop online piracy, a top entertainment industry lobbyist landed a meeting at the …

Protesters in the streets of Madrid, Spain during the general strike on Thursday, March 29, 2012. (Photo: reed_sandridge) Criminalizing public meetings, expanding police powers and weaponry, and applying anti-terrorist …

“Pink slime” just had its fifteen minutes of fame.  BPI, the producer of pink slime, calls it “Lean Finely Textured Beef.”  BPI’s slogan is “expect a higher standard.” Pink …

Deborah James has been a leader in the global movement for economic justice for decades. Today she serves as Director of International Programs at the Center for Economic and …

When George W. Bush made his first public appearance in many months to discuss economic policy in New York on Tuesday, his utterances may have revealed more than he …

In today's On the News segment: Multinational firms' tax loopholes are hurting small businesses, freak wildfires are resulting from our unseasonably warm spring weather, Pakistan demands end to US …

You've heard the Republican meme of the moment. Mitt Romney, the GOP front-runner and presumptive Presidential nominee recently told supporters that the price of gas has “doubled under this president.” Newt …

Washington, DC - Last month, the AFL-CIO's Executive Council endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election. About a week later, Congress passed the "Jumpstart Our Business Startup," or JOBS Act—a bill backed by President …

(Photo: Tim & Selena Middleton / Flickr)"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." — Norman Braksick, president …

Stephen Schwarzman. (Photo: Fred R. Conrad / The New York Times)Benjamin Franklin, who used his many talents to become a wealthy man, famously said that the only things certain …