Interview | Economy & Labor A Historical View of the Trump Tax Scandal Veteran tax reformer Bob McIntyre brings a long view to the Trump tax-dodging scandal. By Sarah Anderson , Inequality.org October 12, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Here’s Who’s Turning Wage Fights Into Grassroots Power at the Ballot Box Community groups to flex their electoral muscle with a groundswell of support for minimum wage ballot initiatives. By Julie Chinitz , CampaignforAmerica'sFuture October 12, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Our Giant Experiment With “Greed Is Good” Has Failed when President Ronald Reagan and his free-market cronies came to town in the 1980s, something changed in US corporate culture. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram October 12, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Workers Walk Off the Job at World’s Richest University to Demand a Living Wage 700 cafeteria workers at Harvard, the richest university in the world, are on strike for the first time in three decades. By Samantha Winslow , LaborNotes October 11, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Boots on the Ground for Public Schools In the midst of a presidential campaign circus, parents and teachers try to put the focus on state lawmakers — and kids. By Sarah Jaffe , Moyers&Company October 10, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Trump and Trade: At Least Partially Right The fact that Donald Trump also criticizes US trade policy cannot be an excuse to prevent this debate. By Dean Baker , Truthout October 10, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Direct Democracy Is Starting to Shape City Budgets in Some US Communities A new tool called participatory budgeting is boosting confidence among citizens in working with neighbors to solve problems together. By Brandon Jordan , WagingNonviolence October 8, 2016 Truthout
Economy & Labor Economic Update: Capital for Worker Co-ops This episode of Professor Wolff's radio show discusses rising productivity, flat wages and more. By Richard D. Wolff , Truthout October 7, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Upsetting Billionaires at Standing Rock The Native Organizers Alliance and tribal leaders are developing strategies to counter the economic elites behind the Dakota Access pipeline. By Sarah Anderson , Inequality.org October 6, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor A Nigerian Superhighway Project Threatens a Critical Rainforest and Its People Indigenous Ekuri fight to protect ancestral forests amid push for development. By Andrew Oloye , EarthIslandJournal October 6, 2016 Truthout