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Economy & Work
  • A 'Smoking Gun' in TN Pols' Anti-UAW Campaign?
    April 1, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    Documents obtained by a local TV station show that Gov. Bill Haslam offered VW an incentive package with plenty of strings attached.
  • Ten Poverty Myths, Busted
    March 28, 2014
    | Erika Eichelberger
    Single moms and absentee dads are not the problem. And going to college does not mean you'll escape the poverty trap.
  • Charter Schools: A Marketplace of Profits?
    March 28, 2014
    | Karin Kamp
    After following the money trail behind the charter school movement, Diane Ravitch -- a former assistant secretary of education who once advocated for charters -- changed her mind.
  • Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers?
    March 28, 2014
    | Diane Ravitch
    In an excerpt from her book Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch reveals the individuals and corporations behind education reform movement.
  • Public Schools for Sale?
    March 28, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Preeminent education historian and public school advocate Diane Ravitch talks to Bill this week about the private sellout of public schools.
  • The New Billionaire Political Bosses
    March 27, 2014
    | Robert Reich
    The vast wealth that has accumulated at the top of the American economy isn't the problem -- it's that political power tends to rise to where the money is.
  • NY Fight Over Private School Tax Credits
    March 26, 2014 | Updated March 31, 2014
    The Catholic archbishop of NY, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, has lobbied for a new state tax credit for individuals and corporations who donate money to schools, including religious ones.
  • What You Need to Know About the Minimum Wage
    March 26, 2014
    | Matthew Green
    Dig into the debate over dollars and cents in this interactive explainer, produced by Newsbound.
  • The Propaganda Campaign Against Public Education
    March 25, 2014
    | Diane Ravitch
    Those interested in creating a market-based system to replace public education are spreading the false story that our public schools are obsolete and failing. They are not.
  • Have We Forgotten the Lessons of the Triangle Fire?
    March 25, 2014
    | Donald Cohen and Peter Dreier
    Back then, and again now, we hear that the key to prosperity is getting government regulations out of businesses' way.


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