1+ week, 5+ day ago   (724+ words) Low-wage U.S. workers have faced multiple rising threats to their economic and personal security over the past year. How have the largest employers of low-wage workers responded to these threats? This year’s edition of the annual Institute for Policy Studies Executive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1295+ words) Back in March, when the Trump administration and the Israeli government initiated their attack on Iran, it didn’t take a prophet to foresee the potential for an energy disruption due to the Strait of Hormuz getting blocked off to at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) That’s all straightforward arithmetic, but the confusion stems from the reason they see interest rates as going higher. Part of the reason is Trump’s craziness, which we all recognize undermines confidence in the economy and the debt. However, part of…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (361+ words) Many U.S. companies are experiencing long delays in getting export licenses to sell their goods in China. Most of these products, however, are already available in China. Furthermore, 82 percent of these firms say the products stuck in Commerce Department review already…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (673+ words) The ongoing billionaire-politician surge has tapped into a wider anti-establishment mood in the country, and the shrinking of the permanent bureaucracy under DOGE has further elevated political appointees and outside advisers. But it is neither a new American phenomenon nor…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (466+ words) Image by William Gibson. In a recent Jacobin article, Noah Suárez-Sikes, “an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,” criticized mainstream news outlets for gleefully outing DSA leaders who hail from backgrounds that range from…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (642+ words) The debate over capitalism vs. socialism often looks like a battle of cartoon caricatures: Monopoly Man versus the Marx Monster. Across the planet there are countless flavors of capitalism and socialism, unique mashups of free markets and government policies. Into…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (877+ words) Business leaders and investors face a deepening paradox: Companies are pouring more money into artificial intelligence than ever, but they’re not seeing the gains in productivity that they expect. Even CEOs are starting to admit this disconnect. One Atlanta Federal…...