economy
New Haven prepares for week of action for jobs
November 29, 2011Actions include supporting the emergency need for massive public works jobs to restart the economy and aid communities, to be paid for by taxing the rich and ending the wars.
Read moreU.S. last in unionization among developed countries
November 28, 2011The U.S. is dead last among 21 top developed nations in both unionization rates and union coverage of the workforce and it's not because of globalization or high technology.
Read moreVerizon is tax deadbeat, report shows
November 23, 2011In the last three years, as it raked in more than $100 billion in revenues and $33 billion in U.S. profits, Verizon has been a tax deadbeat.
Read moreStructural crisis exposes neoliberalism as disaster
November 23, 2011It would be wrong to simply characterize this global economic crisis as only cyclical in nature.
Read moreWall Street wants to “occupy” Detroit’s finances
November 22, 2011Given the revenue streams that go straight to Wall Street from Detroit, it is not far off to characterize any emergency financial manager as a Wall Street financial dictator.
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