Recession
‘Be your own boss!’: The myth of unemployment as opportunity
February 7, 2023Most new small businesses fail, but capitalism’s spin doctors are still telling laid-off workers that losing their job is a chance for success.
Read moreA National Infrastructure Bank could be the answer to both inflation and recession
August 19, 2022It’s been done before, and it could be done again.
Read moreNow on Newsom’s desk: social justice, ethnic studies, worker protections, and payments
September 17, 2021Some 900 bills improving conditions for the majority in California await the governor’s signature.
Read moreBanks getting away with same crimes that crashed the economy in 2008
April 19, 2019Between 2009 and 2012, African Americans lost just under $200 billion in wealth. It's happening again.
Read moreTrump recalls 50,000 workers without pay; shutdown costs hit $1 billion a week
January 16, 2019The cost is so high that now even Trump’s own top economist admits it could end U.S. economic growth and send the nation into recession.
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