Perspectives

The fundamental law of capitalism is: When workers have more money, businesses have more customers.

The short, strange era of human civilization may be drawing to a close, writes Noam Chomsky.

With their "pragmatic" governors mired in scandal, it may be a chaotic scramble in a wide-open field.

As we continue to segregate by income, the rest of us will have to answer questions like the ones Detroit and its suburbs are facing, eventually.

There's no need to wait for the next election. Americans know what they want.

One way Obama can address the issue of income inequality is by giving low-wage federal workers the right to organize and bargain for fair working conditions.

Having poor people in the richest country in the world is a choice. We have the money to solve this. But do we have the will?

Last week, the bank agreed to a record-setting $16.65 billion settlement for selling toxic mortgage securities during the housing boom. The deal includes $30 million for legal aid, but it's not enough.

There are reasons to celebrate, but there's still work to be done in areas such as pay equality, reproductive rights, voting rights and personal safety.

The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past.