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Eric Holder Returns to Wall Street-Tied Law Firm After Years of Refusing to Jail Bankers
The law firm's client list has included many of the big banks Holder failed to criminally prosecute.
Teachers Say 17 Firings at Urban Prep Charter Schools Were Retaliation for Unionization
The battle over unionization at one of Chicago's most celebrated charters will be key to the future of organizing charter schools in the future.
Austerity or Grexit: A False Dichotomy
Greece has shown the world that there is an alternative to austerity: wresting power from the hands of elites and reasserting democratic control.
Greece’s Syriza: A Government With Tactics but No Strategy
The Syriza-led coalition government in Greece has no contingency plan in the event of a sudden Grexit.
Economist Richard Wolff on Roots of Greek Crisis, Debt Relief and Rise of Anti-Capitalism in Europe
What does this mean for the global economy?
A Socialist Surge in the US? Bernie Sanders Draws Record Crowds, Praises Greek Anti-Austerity Vote
Sanders' anti-austerity platform is resonating with voters.
Pope Calls for Rethinking the Outdated Criteria That Rule the World
Pope Francis' revolutionary encyclical addresses not just climate change but the banking crisis.
Dean Baker | Greece and the Euro After the Referendum
To the great consternation of the eurozone leadership, the Greek people rejected the austerity package offered.
Greek Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Creditors’ Austerity Demand
Greek voters have turned down the terms of an international bailout in a historic rejection of austerity.
David Graeber on a Fair Future Economy
David will consider what it would take to conceive and build a flourishing and fair future economy.