Truthout
Economy & Labor
Unregulated Capitalism Is Destroying the Planet
We are in the middle of a mass extinction.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: IMF Calls Inequality “Defining Issue of Our Time,” and More
The gap between the rich and poor is harming people and economies all over the world.
School’s Out for Summer, but Camp Is Expensive and Jobs for Youth Are Few
With funding cut, cities scramble to run summer youth work projects, while parents of younger children struggle to fill gaps in child care.
Our “Stealth Politics” of Inequality
Average American turn out to favor many policies that would have strong redistributive effects.
The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street
The movement that began in Zuccotti Park didn't disappear, it just splintered and regrouped around a variety of focused causes.
South Carolina Massacre: Why Don’t We Call Killing of Nine Black Churchgoers an Act of Terrorism?
Why are so many politicians and much of the media afraid to call the mass shooting an act of terrorism? We discuss the double standards in coverage of shootings …
Fed Holds Off on Interest Rate Hike, Downgrades Economic Forecast
If the Federal Reserve policymakers are correct, annual growth would be the worst since 2011.
Paying the Pink Tax
Women are slammed with $1,400 a year in retail markups thanks to gendered marketing.
They Are Trying to Sneak Fast Track Past Us Again
We beat them once; we can keep them again from sneaking it past us.
William Rivers Pitt | The Scorpions, the Frogs and the TPP: Prepare to Be Stung
As I watched the House pass President Obama's bill giving him fast-track trade authority, I thought to myself, “Here are the scorpions, and we are the frogs.”