October 16, 2013This was the latest in a string of battles in which the American economy was ultimately the loser. Now Democrats have the upper hand -- if they don't mess it up.
October 16, 2013The question that haunted the post-war industrial tech boom of the 1950s is rising again: Have we reached a stage at which technology is destroying more jobs than it's creating?
October 16, 2013A new study says half of fast food workers are on public assistance programs that spend $243 billion each year on the working poor.
October 16, 2013An interfaith group of approximately 150 clergy leaders, locked out workers and people of faith, marched on Capitol Hill yesterday to urge Congress to end the shutdown.
October 11, 2013Laura Flanders of GRITtv is on a mission to help build strong, sustainable communities.
October 11, 2013New research shows the US made greater gains in wealth than any other country, despite record poverty levels and stagnant wages.
October 8, 2013The right-wing echo chamber has vilified food stamp users with a variety of absurd lies and myths. As a result, people will go hungry.
October 7, 2013Lost in the discussion of the government shutdown is the millions of poor Americans -- many of them children -- who are hurt when the federal agencies stop functioning.
October 5, 2013A new study reveals that Republican loyalists are frightened of change and think they've already lost.
October 4, 2013This week's crisis of government means two crises for the private sector.
