Economics
Unemployment rate edges up; Businesses claim to create more low-wage jobs
March 13, 2023Cuts in warehouse workers—people added during the pandemic who are now being let go—started showing up in the jobless numbers.
Read moreSilicon Valley Bank collapse reveals danger of a wider financial crisis
March 13, 2023One Wall Street watcher says SVB could be “the first cockroach in the cellar.”
Read moreRent control and affordable housing were winning issues in the elections
November 16, 2022“The pandemic really made it clear that people who are renting their housing are insecure by definition.”
Read moreWorld condemns U.S. blockade, again, as crisis builds in Cuba
November 4, 2022Cuban president issues ominous warning on corruption.
Read moreMike Davis, acclaimed Marxist activist, journalist, and historian, dies at 76
November 2, 2022Mike Davis was an authentic follower of Marx and Engels who lived his life wedding theory and praxis, enriching the world with his genuine concern and love for working people and their struggles for dignity.
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