economy
Corporations loot tax monies as Chicago schools suffer
August 9, 2012Why would some of America's richest families need lavish public subsidies while schools, parks and other public services are in desperate need of funds?
Read moreLabor leaders: GOP holding workers as hostages
August 3, 2012The right wing, is holding workers and the economy "hostage" to their demands for continuing and permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent.
Read moreProtesters tell Goldman Sachs: Stop immoral “swap”
August 2, 2012Oakland residents gathered to support the demand that the giant end a 14-year-old interest rate swap that has cost the city millions.
Read moreStudy: “Good jobs” in America on the decline
August 2, 2012The share of "good jobs" in the U.S. economy declined from 27.4 percent to 24.6 percent since 1979, a new report by two labor economists says.
Read moreLetter carriers step up drive to save Postal Service
July 27, 2012Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando is challenging his union to step up its crusade to save the Postal Service, saying that "if we don't, no one else will."
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