Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84592/ Borrowers are being crushed under the credit crisis. Someone needs to pay. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Danny Schechter, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84705/ Home mortgage deductions and other bennies for homeowners are supposed to help the middle class, but they're actually burying it. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Thomas Palley, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84861/ As the economy worsens, fewer shoppers will be able to afford healthy, organic food. Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:01 PDT Tana Ganeva, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84779/ Things turn ugly as SEIU and CNA trade accusations and wage war over the direction of the labor movement. Thu, 08 May 2008 02:00:01 PDT Bennett Baumer, Indypendent http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84477/ Derry Brownfield was a veteran of farm radio reports, until he went after Big Ag and its Mafia. Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Russell Mokhiber, Corporate Crime Reporter http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84482/ Since the 1980's, the world has discovered less oil than it has consumed every year. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:00:01 PDT Pedro Prieto, Tlaxcala http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84474/ "If you're a student in Virginia, how do you get access to a Burger King internal document?" Wed, 07 May 2008 06:00:01 PDT Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84669/ Court rules the ag-giant can't hide behind middle-men. Wed, 07 May 2008 06:00:01 PDT Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84585/ A perfect example of short-sighted public policy. Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:01 PDT Joshua Holland, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84468/ How much higher can executive pay rise? Corporate shareholders may not have the patience to wait and see. Tue, 06 May 2008 05:00:01 PDT Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84439/ Exxon is working to assure that whoever gets into the Oval Office doesn't try to tax some of their profits away. Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Nomi Prins, The Wip http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84476/ The Suffolk County legislature refuses to learn from Riverside, NJ's experience. Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Cristina Jimenez, Drum Major Institute http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84467/ As people's economic pain grows, their trust in U.S. trade policy shrinks. Mon, 05 May 2008 16:00:01 PDT Holly Shulman, Eyes on Trade http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84437/ Vermont activists entered General Dynamics and locked themselves together in the firm's lobby to protest the company's war profiteering. Mon, 05 May 2008 09:00:01 PDT Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/83476/ Morgan Simon of the Responsible Endowment Coalition is helping student activists across the U.S. leverage their school endowments. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Don Hazen, Jan Frel, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84165/ Immigrants don't work jobs Americans won't take -- they work side by side together so let's help both prosper. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Joe Bolkcom, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84382/ Speculators blamed for driving up price of basic foods as 100 million face severe hunger. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Geoffrey Lean, Independent UK http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84237/ It's "so ridiculous ... it takes your breath away." Fri, 02 May 2008 08:00:01 PDT Sam Stein, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/workplace/84122/ Thanks to disasters of its own making, the agency is losing money and influence. Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:01 PDT Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/workplace/83978/ The crisis facing our planet is one of historic proportions and will require an historically broad coalition to solve. Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Gerry Hudson, AlterNet