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Economy & Labor
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.”
Massacre in Charleston: Nine Shot Dead at Historic Black Church
The victims were attending Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church when the attack occurred.
What NAFTA Can Teach Us About the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
NAFTA has served as a template for agreements that cover US “free trade” relations, but opponents maintain it is a cautionary tale of what can go wrong.
Justice Gets Delivered to FedEx Workers
We'll see if FedEx has learned its lesson about worker misclassification.