Analysis

Corporate vultures taking advantage of Trump shutdown

January 24, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The capitalist system itself is to blame for the suffering of so many people in Shutdown Nation.

Brexit: UK pulling out of the EU is a complicated issue

January 23, 2019 By Al Neal

The truth is that the EU, originally called the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), was a part of efforts to jumpstart capitalist redevelopment in the 1950s.

Union membership drops to 16.4 million in 2018

January 18, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz

The number of American workers represented by a labor union ticked down last year, extending a decades-long trend.

If income gap is a chasm, wealth gap is Grand Canyon

January 17, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The top 1 percent of the U.S. owned 39.6 percent of U.S. wealth in 2016, up from one-third 33 years before.

Wall Street Democrats want you to hate Bernie Sanders

January 15, 2019 By C.J. Atkins

Remember who the real enemy is. Hint: It’s not Bernie Sanders.