Allegiant Air: The budget airline flying under the
radar. Steve Kroft investigates
Allegiant Air, a discount carrier known more for its ultra-low fares than its
high record of in-flight breakdowns
Allegations of a hospital chain's ruthless price-fixing
explain why you pay so much for healthcare
What John Boehner's Pivot On Cannabis Tells Us About The
Legal Weed Boom
John Boehner and Bill Weld to join Acreage Board of
Directors: Appointments Add Unmatched Experience to Acreage Holdings’ Board of
Advisors
America once fought a war against poverty – now it wages
a war on the poor: After the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign declared silence was
betrayal, we are coming together to stand up to the public policy violence that
is ravaging our society
“Threats,” “Ultimatums,” and “Espionage”: Inside Silicon
Valley’s Spy Wars: Foreign agents have been stealing tech companies’ secrets
since the 70s. But now, in the wake of Facebook’s public crisis, the biggest
companies in the world are coping with the challenge on an unprecedented level.
Conservatives and business leaders worried about the
deficit take aim at Social Security and Medicare
The Corporate Plan to Groom U.S. Kids for Servitude by
Wiping Out Public Schools
One dead after Southwest Airlines jet engine 'explosion'
Oklahoma House Passes Bill Diverting Newly Passed Fuel
Tax Money From Education
Senate GOP wary of new tax cut sequel
'It's just left us behind,' Michigan couple wonders what
happened to the middle class
Dean Baker | Are the Trump Tax Cuts Working and Does
Anyone Care
No child chooses to be poor
US Health Declines Toward Third-World Status: We might
need more immigrants to take care of aging Boomers.
U.S. Healthcare Ranked Worst In The Developed World
Teachers Deserve a Raise. Here’s How to Fund It. Huge tax cuts for energy corporations have
left state school budgets broke.
The Banksters are Back
Will an ‘Inconvenient’ Lopez Obrador Be Mexico’s Next
President?”
Drug War Tougher Than Smart
The Unhinged and Ignorant vs. Clueless and Complacent on
Tariffs: No room to debate bigger questions of globalization
Bernie Sanders Joins Cory Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act
to Federally Legalize Weed
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
These Are the U.S. Cities With the Fastest-Growing Wealth
Gaps
Charter Colonies
Company Men: The 200-year legal struggle that led to
Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people
Trump’s Tax Cuts Didn’t Benefit U.S. Workers, Made Rich
Companies Richer, Analysis Finds
My 11-Year-Old Daughter Is Obsessed With Makeup. Should I
Object on Feminist Grounds? Another
reader asks if capitalism exacerbates passive-aggressive behavior. (Whatever.)
In Marx’s Republic: Did Capital offer us visions of
freedom as well as domination?
Bold increases in the minimum wage should be evaluated
for the benefits of raising low-wage workers’ total earnings: Critics who cite
claims of job loss are using a distorted frame
The Trump tax cuts should be repealed, not made even
worse by making individual tax cuts permanent
EPI comment on the National Labor Relations Board’s
updated Election Rule
The SEC’s “Regulation Best Interest” is in the best
interest of Wall Street, not retirement savers and other investors
Teacher unions and students’ long-term economic prospects
The Trump administration doubles down in the Wall Street
Journal on why trickle-down really does work
For Tax Day, a reminder that economic arguments for the
GOP tax plan have no theoretical basis
How do our job creation recommendations stack up against
a job guarantee?
A balanced budget amendment would be extraordinarily
dangerous for the economy
We're Talking About the Minimum Wage All Wrong
Steel and Aluminum Tariffs International trade experts talked about the
impact of the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs and their
impact on national security and jobs.
Do wage theft laws in Ohio harm or help workers?
'And Now We Have Everything' Charts The Emotional
Extremes Of An Ordinary Pregnancy
Anguished Families Shoulder The Biggest Burdens Of Opioid
Addiction
'He Wants To Be Remembered': Tiny Desk Contestant Finds
His Voice While Fighting ALS
The healthcare industry stigmatizes abortion—and it hurts
both providers and patients
Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training
In Schools
Donald Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From the TPP Caused
Harley Davidson Plant in Missouri to Close and Move to Thailand
What Sanctions? JP Morgan And Goldman Sachs Become Top
Three Investment Banks In Russia
Drugs taken by millions for incontinence, depression and
Parkinson’s may increase risk of dementia, finds study: Anticholinergics
control involuntary muscle contractions but have a significant impact on memory
function
With Tax Scam Complete, GOP Caucus Unveils Insane Budget
Blueprint to Attack Safety Net: Programs like Social Security and Medicare are
gutted while tax cuts are made permanent in plan
HUD Secretary Ben Carson proposes higher rent for
Americans receiving housing subsidies
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from cutting
Planned Parenthood program funds
Anti-Abortion Row Derails State Department Policy Bill:
Congress came close to passing the bill, which could have raised the spirits of
a bruised and battered State Department.
Do You Know Where Your Russian Oligarchs Are? Democratic
senators ask major banks to review individuals tied to Putin.
There are signs Trump's trade friction is killing jobs in
big manufacturing states
The string test for obesity: How to tell if you’re too
fat in two quick and easy steps. THE
STRING test for obesity is an easy and simple method for finding out if you’re
too fat. Experts revealed the trick on BBC show The Trust About Obesity, and
all you need is a piece of string and some scissors.
Trump and DeVos Continue to Undermine Public Education
with Their Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
Early education efforts need another boost
It’s not just monopoly and monopsony: How market power
has affected American wages
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
Let’s fight for working people on Workers’ Memorial Day
Social Security is looking like a pretty good investment
these days
The SEC’s “Regulation Best Interest” is in the best
interest of Wall Street, not retirement savers and other investors
Chart of the Day: America’s richest 1% own 40% of the
country’s wealth
Trump Is Going Ahead With His Idea to Seek the Death
Penalty for Drug Dealers
Impeachment looms large in White House midterm plans
Analysis: Why Trump is not a pro-business president
The flaws of finance: The sector is essential to the
economy. But it is rewarded too highly and imposes wider social costs. The
penultimate in a series of farewell blogs
In her quest to expose the GOP tax scam to all Americans,
Nancy Pelosi delivers another wicked blow
Tennessee makes community college free for all adults
Nesle makes billions bottling water it pays nearly
nothing for
The nation's strictest abortion ban is now law. Iowa Gov.
Kim Reynolds signs 'fetal heartbeat' bill
Ben Carson defends housing assistance proposal: Gives the
poor 'a way out of poverty'
Will the Trump tax cuts accelerate offshoring by U.S.
multinational corporations?
EPI comment on the Modernization of Swine Slaughter
Inspection rule
Trump threatens to close country over wall at tax event
Farm Crisis: “Without Immediate Government Action, The
Days Of The Small Dairy Farm Are Numbered”
The Renaissance of Tribal Hemp
The House Farm Bill Ignores What Farmers Want (and Farm
Groups Call BS)
Catholic Nun Explains Pro-Life In A Way That Will Stun
Many (Especially Republican Lawmakers)
U.S. economic growth slows despite Trump's tax cuts
RNs From 20 States to Press Legislators on Nurses’ Week:
Nurses to Gather in Washington, DC May 8 for Patient Protection, Medicare for
All Federal Legislation
Drug made famous by Shkreli’s 5,000% price hike is still
$750 a pill: Medicaid paid an average of $35K for each prescription of
Daraprim.
Republicans in key election races turn down volume on
Trump's tax cuts
Imagine a world where the right to clean water, healthy
food, and sustainable energy rests in YOUR hands. This is Economic Democracy.
China’s exports rebound, trade surplus with US swells
More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent
in Louisiana Thursday
Wasted: How You Can Help Stop Food Waste
The stupidity of Trumpcare: Government will spend $33
billion more to cover 8.9 million fewer Americans, as premiums soar
History Speaks for Itself: Tax Cuts Don’t Work
Trump administration wants to roll back child labor laws
Facing threat of tariffs, China buyers cancel orders for
U.S. soybeans
Coal Collapsing Faster Under Trump; Wind, Solar, Gas All
Benefit
Richard D. Wolff
Marxism and socialism
Richard Wolff on Marxism, Capitalism, Corporations,
Alternatives & Solutions
Richard D. Wolff - When and Why will Capitalism end?
Richard D. Wolff Speech 2018 (Bad news for capitalism)
The 5 most expensive drugs in the United States
Louisiana warns 37,000 Medicaid recipients they may face
loss of care over budget cuts: The governor also warned that both of the
state's medical schools might have to close and that several big hospitals may
have to lay off staffers.
Women with breast cancer delay care when faced with high
deductibles
Trump said Amazon cost the USPS ‘billions.’ But the post
office has a different explanation.
Is Your Job Bullshit? David Graeber on Capitalism’s
Endless Busywork
It’s Time for a Public Option in the Pharmaceutical
Industry: Drug companies are hated for a reason—they exist to maximize profits,
not make us healthier. It’s time to put them under public control.
Two Conversations About “Sustainable Capitalism” and “The
Art of Work”
If Trump Is Laundering Russian Money, Here’s How It Works
