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Economy & Labor
The Private Vice of Greed Undermines Public Virtue
Current levels of oligarchic inequality, together with financial corruption, critically weaken today's neoliberal capitalist societies.
Businesses Are Beginning to Realize That Smart Money Is in Renewable Energy
Much of the private energy sector has turned a corner, looking to profit from clean technology.
Life Without Politicians: A Mexican Indigenous Community Finds Its Own Way
Cheran, Mexico, has laid the foundation for a self-determination movement that is reverberating across the country.
Donald Trump and the Republicans: The Art of the Steal
It appears that Donald Trump's indifference to problems of conflict of interest is likely to extend to his top appointees as well.
Could Portland Lead the Way for Cities Nationwide to Divest From the Dakota Pipeline and Private Prisons?
Portland could become the first US city to divest from banks financing the Dakota Access pipeline and private prisons.
International Implications of Canada’s Kinder Morgan Pipeline Approval
The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion will increase oil tanker traffic from around 60 tankers per year to more than 400.
A New Take on Unrigging Our Taxes
Our super rich have their own personal trainers, chefs and pilots. Maybe we should give them their own personal tax collectors.
Labor Law Faces Dire New Threats From Supreme Court Under Trump
The legitimacy of the courts themselves is at stake in union-busting, right-to-work cases, such as Janus v. AFSCME.
We May Not Know if Trump’s Foreign Business Deals Violate the Constitution
President-elect Donald Trump doesn't have to detail his business holdings in federal financial disclosures until May 2018.
Unemployment Rate Falls Back to Pre-Recession Levels in November
The unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent in November, almost equal to the pre-recession lows in 2007.