Austerity

Over 300,000 low-income children in Britain will plunge further into poverty thanks to a controversial austerity measure.

In Vermont, a battle is pitting teachers against a school board determined to drive through an austerity agenda.

The parallels between the two eras aren't perfect, but today's political climate is strikingly similar to the late 1930s.

Clinton's VP choice, Tim Kaine, bends to pressure from Wall Street and the mainstream media.

In the ultimate paradox, it is only from the tragic ashes of Brexit that an EU worthy of its founding ideals can finally be born.

Brexit is the fruit of empire. Britain is reaping what it sowed in its imperial exploits.

Revolt against the inevitability of globalized capitalism takes diverse and often desperate forms when “there is no alternative.”

Austerity is unnecessary because evidence indicates that European governments could easily increase spending without hitting any constraints.

Legislation that would allow the government of Puerto Rico to restructure its debt cleared the final major hurdle before a critical deadline.

Many who voted to leave the EU did not do so for xenophobic reasons, but the Brexit campaign was nevertheless fought on racist grounds.