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Austerity is dead might be the new mantra after Europe's financial crisis but major problems still remain.

Dean Baker: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and a US-EU deal are not intended to boost the economy.

Instead of another rousing speech, Obama need to focus on real change within the black communities that supported him during reelection.

Michael Winship: The SF Giants stadium concession workers are seeking their fair share.

To be without a story is to be lost in the vastness of a world that spreads in all directions.

Labor unions in Turkey join with anti-government strikers to demand wage increases for the people.

Taxpayer-funded social welfare programs subsidize low-paying Walmart's profits to the tune of up to $2 million.

Obama wants a secret target list for possible cyber attacks, a major expansion of US planning for disabling and hacking into foreign computer networks.

Updates on Disney's price hikes, Portugal's unions' general strike, Chinese buy US biggest pork processor, low-wage retail workers fighting in Seattle, General Petraeus goes corporate, and income/wealth inequality in …

The contradictory history and results of the first 150 years of modern socialism provide key lessons for a successful socialism in the 21st century.