Economy & Labor

For the first time in 17 years, our government is officially shut down.

In his latest article for Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi reports that Wall Street firms are now making millions in profits off of public pension funds nationwide.

Workers and legislators demand President Obama sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractor employees.

Hundreds of federally-contracted workers protest against the largest low wage job creator, the federal government.

Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update, including the meaning and economic impact on US of Washington struggles over the debt ceiling, and responds to listeners in this segment.

On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate to launch an all-night phony filibuster, and more.

The Obama administration announced it will finally extend minimum wage and overtime protections to domestic workers, a change labor and community groups have pushed for.

The rupee plunged by 3.7 percent on the day in its biggest single-day percentage fall in more than two decades.

A global war to resurrect a sense of

In today's On the News segment: The Chamber of Commerce knows that a government shutdown will hurt families and corporations alike; Typhoon Man-yi forced Japan's Fukushimaoperators to release more …