Truthout
Economy & Labor
“Berta Didn’t Die, She Multiplied”: Indigenous Organizers in Honduras Call for Radical Transformation
An interview with Lenca activist Pascuala Vasquez on the legacy of Berta Caceres.
Why Market Logic Can’t Solve the US Health Care Crisis
The trickle-down effect of “free market” health care is higher medical costs for all of us.
Trump Family and Friends: In Your Pockets
Trump is intent on running the whole government to make him and his family and friends richer.
For-Profit Colleges Are Reinventing Themselves to Profit Off Low-Income Students
For-profit schools recruit veterans and low-income students on social media with false promises of lucrative careers.
Economic Update: Why Worker Co-ops?
This weeks episode discusses the Australian government taxing big banks, how big banks fund the Dakota Access pipeline and much more.
Penn State University Wages Union-Busting Campaign Against Its Own Graduate Students
Penn State graduate assistants may be “students first” but they work 40 to 60 hours a week and have a right to unionize.
Kushner Sister Invokes Jared in Appeal to Chinese Investors
The sister of White House aide Jared Kushner leveraged her brother's name in a sales pitch.
Whither the Wages of Whiteness? How Trump’s Path to the White House Was Paved by Neoliberal Economics
Based on Trump's rhetoric and the policies, his agenda may be better understood as an attempt to make “whiteness great again.”
Philadelphia Union Wins Equal Pay for Immigrant Nurses
It started when a few nurses at Temple University Hospital told stewards that they weren't being paid for their experience.
The Democrats’ Myth on Deficits
Republicans are not the only ones who push deficit myths. The Democrats have their own.