News | Economy & Labor On the News With Thom Hartmann: Every State Should Own Their Own Depository Institution, and More In 2014, the state Bank of North Dakota was more profitable than Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase. By Thom Hartmann , TheThomHartmannProgram May 9, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Can We Learn From Europe’s Approach to Laid-Off Coal Miners? A more secure safety net for workers in transition means higher taxes, a trade-off many Americans oppose. By Joshua Zaffos , HighCountryNews May 7, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Organizers Say Peabody Coal Will Not Escape Justice Through Bankruptcy Members of affected communities say they are determined to hold Peabody Coal accountable for its environmental destruction. By Kelly Hayes , Truthout May 6, 2016 Truthout
Economy & Labor Economic Update: What Inequality Does This episode provides updates on rich tax evaders, and more. By Richard D. Wolff , Truthout May 6, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The Verizon Strike Needs to Be a Line in the Sand Bosses and workers across the country have a stake in the outcome of the strike against Verizon. By Joe Richard & Ruth Hurley , SocialistWorker May 5, 2016 Truthout
Economy & Labor Honduran Authorities Arrest Four in Connection to Murder of Activist Berta Cáceres The family continues to demand an independent investigation by international experts. By Shannon Young , FreeSpeechRadioNews May 5, 2016 Truthout
Economy & Labor Eddie Glaude Jr. on the US Racial “Value Gap” Bill speaks with the scholar about the racial inequalities that remain as the Obama administration comes to an end. By Bill Moyers , Moyers&Company May 5, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Former Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham Dies at 98: He Served 37 Years for Killing Klansmen Cops Bickham said the officers were Klansmen who had come to kill him. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 5, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Can the Climate Movement Break Free From the “Jobs vs. Environment” Debate? As climate activists prepare for Break Free 2016, organizers could do more to incorporate unions in their plan to keep fossil fuels in the ground. By Kate Aronoff , WagingNonviolence May 4, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Another Secret Trade Deal Leaks, Shows Corporations Still in Control This leak shows that it is time to completely reformat the way the US initiates and negotiates trade deals. By Dave Johnson , CampaignforAmerica'sFuture May 4, 2016 Truthout