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Economy & Labor
Wall Street Beware: The Public Banking Movement Is Coming for You
There's a budding movement in the U.S. that's reimagining banking in a way that truly serves the public.
Universal Benefits Will Help People With Disabilities Escape Poverty
The means-tested benefits model has trapped people with disabilities in poverty without a clear path out.
Replace Patent Monopolies With Direct Public Funding for Drug Research
The savings in drug costs with generics would more than pay for funding the research.
Facebook’s Audacious Bid for Global Monetary Control
A currency intended for trade on a national scale needs to be not only centralized but democratized.
One Trump Tax Cut Was Said to Help the Poor. A Billionaire Ended Up Winning Big.
The tax code already favored real estate developers like Trump, and his overhaul made it even friendlier.
Under Trump, Manufacturing Job Growth Slows to a Trickle
The average hourly wage for manufacturing workers is, for the first time ever, slightly below the overall average.
Capitalist Workplaces Set Bosses Up to Be Authoritarian Tyrants
“Free markets” do not guarantee workers any freedoms other than the freedom to be unemployed and to starve.
Beware of the “Easy” Way to Build Power. It Must Begin With Organizing.
None of us can afford to wait on “solutions” that postpone organizing.
Walmart Got a $2.2 Billion Tax Cut. Now It’s Laying Off Workers
Walmart is one of many companies that shared a windfall from its GOP tax cut with shareholders while laying off workers.
Sweatshops Don’t Just Exist Overseas — They’re Here in the US Too
Yeni Dewi was paid $200 a month for 18-hour days with no bedroom or paid days off.