Op-Ed | Economy & Labor An Open Letter to Obama: If You Want Money for the Climate, Tax Wall Street An innovative new tax could fund climate transition and help rebuild the social safety net. So why is the White House knocking it? By Janet Redman , ForeignPolicyinFocus May 26, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Capitalism Could Kill All Life on Earth Capitalism is great at creating profits and products - but it doesn't care about environmental justice. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram May 26, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor “The Art of the Gouge”: NYU as a Model for Predatory Higher Education New York University has been operating as a real estate development or management business with a predatory higher education side venture. By Yves Smith , NakedCapitalism May 26, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Matt Taibbi: World’s Largest Banks Admit to Massive Global Financial Crimes, but Escape Jail (Again) Five of the world's top banks will pay over $5 billion in fines. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 22, 2015 Truthout
Economy & Labor Economic Update: Austerity Resistance Rising This episode provides updates on Seattle, and more. By Richard D. Wolff , Truthout May 22, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Don’t Be Sure that Powerful People Want the Economy to Return to Normal In addition to the policy measures that weaken the power of ordinary workers, we should also look at all the measures that are being taken to ensure that money … By Dean Baker , CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch May 21, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Derailing Amtrak: Tracking the Latest Disaster in the Infrastructure Crisis The underfunding of US infrastructure was underscored by a fatal train derailment on May 12. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog May 21, 2015 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor On the News With Thom Hartmann: Bill de Blasio Unveils His Progressive Agenda to Combat Inequality, and More Some are working to get the Democratic party back in touch with its progressive roots, and more. By Thom Hartmann , TheThomHartmannProgram May 21, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in Full Meltdown A new audit details a series of damning facts. By Mary Bottari , PRWatch May 20, 2015 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor How Data Can Help Fight Police Violence In 2014, Black people in the US were nearly three times more likely than Whites to be killed by police. By Amy Roe , EqualVoiceNews May 20, 2015 Truthout