Economy

Teachers Make Handy Scapegoats, But Spiraling Inequality Is Really What Ails Our Education System

By Joshua Holland, Linda Darling-Hammond / AlterNet

Stanford University scholar Linda Darling-Hammond explains the connection.

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Outrage: Some Banks Are Too Big to Prosecute

By Robert Borosage / Blog for Our Future

5 Things That Piss Me Off About People Who've Never Known What It's Like to be Poor

By Tracy Moore / Jezebel

Why Sending Your Child to a Charter School Hurts Other Children

By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. / AlterNet

'Guest Workers' Spring Surprise Strike on McDonald's

By Josh Eidelson / The Nation

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Economy

Union Members Fight Foreclosure Evictions With Sit-Downs and Blockades

Alexandra Bradbury / Labor Notes

Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School ‘Reform’ In LA?

Peter Drier / Moyers & Company

Obama Takes GOP Senators to Dinner: 'Entitlements' on the Menu

Mary Bottari / PR Watch

Resource Curse: Why the Economic Boom That Fracking Promises Will Be a Bust For Most People (Hard Times, USA)

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

How Public Libraries Have Become Spare Homeless Shelters (Hard Times USA)

Evelyn Nieves / AlterNet

Krugman Tells AlterNet: Progressives Worry Too Much About Being 'Respectable'

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

When Will Wall Street Pay Its Share? Why We Have to Tax Financial Transactions

Katrina vanden Heuvel / The Washington Post

Noam Chomsky: Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?

Noam Chomsky / AlterNet

Everything You've Been Told About Personal Finance Is Dead Wrong -- Here's the Truth

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Corporate America's Desperate Play to Avoid Transparency: 'Nobody Cares' About Runaway CEO Pay

Bartlett Naylor / AlterNet

Jon Stewart Slams ‘F**king Incompetent’ Congress

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Banks Wrongfully Foreclosed on 700 Military Members

Natasha Lennard / Salon

Corruption Alert: Presumed Incoming Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's Deal With Citigroup

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

Switzerland Clamps Down Hard on Obscene CEO Pay

Pat Garafolo / Think Progress

Republicans Fulfill Their Cruel Ayn Rand Obsession With the Sequester

Imara Jones / ColorLines

The Scary Truth About Seniors and Money

Dean Baker / Beat the Press

Even Republicans Want Progressive Economic Policies

Thom Hartmann / Smirking Chimp

Sh*t CEOs Say: 6 Outrageous Statements from America's Big-Mouthed Overlords

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Billionaire Speculators' Greed Makes Life Hard For Renters and Would-Be Homebuyers

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

The 32 Dumbest and Most Devastating Sequester Cuts

Igor Volsky / Think Progress

The Economy: Under New Ownership

Marjorie Kelly / YES! Magazine

Student Debt Tripled in Eight Years

Natasha Lennard / Salon

America's Incarceration Rate Is Crazy -- Here's How to Fix It

Mugambi Jouet / Salon

Sequester Insanity: Why Are We Flushing Economic Recovery Down the Toilet?

William K. Black / New Economic Perspectives

The Federal Government Robbed 19 Million Meals From Senior Citizens

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

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