Biden Administration Is Playing With Fire by Failing to Regulate Cryptocurrency

Growing evidence shows cryptocurrency invites scams that threaten the broader economy, say public interest groups.

‘It’s About Giving People Tools So We Can Reach Transparency Critical Mass’

"The press has an enormous role in partnering with transparency advocates to basically say, give me what you’ve got."

The Media Discovers Real Wages

Those of us who have spent decades trying to call attention to the situation of ordinary workers, and their stagnant wages over the last four decades, are

Wall Street Is Not Only Rigging Markets, It’s Also Rigging the Outcome of its Private Trials

When it comes to sycophants, Wall Street has no shortage of them willing to shill for its egregious private justice system called mandatory arbitration –

The Politics of Crypto

In a series of tweets on November 9, "serial technology entrepreneur" Dave Troy outlines his view of cryptocurrency as  "an ideologically-driven attack on

House Democrats Plan to Pass $1.75 Trillion Reconciliation Bill This Week

House Democrats are planning to vote on the reconciliation bill this week, but a Senate vote may still be weeks away.

Wealthy Americans Get Paid Leave, Shouldn’t the Rest?

For Ruth Martin, the fight for paid leave is both professional and personal. As Senior Vice President of MomsRising, she’s helped mobilize more

St. Jude Hoards Billions While Many of Its Families Drain Their Savings

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital promises not to bill families. But the cost of having a child at the hospital for cancer care leaves some families so strapped for money that parents share tips on spending nights in the parking lot.

Opinion | The Real Source of Inflation? Consolidated Corporate Power and Greed

"The underlying structural problem isn't that government is over-stimulating the economy. It's that big corporations are under competitive."

The Federal Poverty Line Struggles to Capture the Economic Hardship that Half of Americans Face

Michael Chase works two jobs in southeast Ohio: one as a hotel night clerk and one as retail support – sorting through donations, setting new merchandise

Opinion | The Worst Instincts at the Very Wrong Time: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Must Go

"Powell would say that climate issues are not included in the Fed's mandate, but he would be wrong. Part of the Fed's mandate is to ensure financial stability, and there is no greater threat to that than climate change."

Opinion | Putting Current Inflation in the Proper Perspective

"While the stretch of high inflation has gone on much longer than many of us anticipated, there are still good reasons for thinking that inflation will slow sharply in the months ahead."

The Rich Already Have Paid Leave. Meet Ruth Martin, One of the Activists Trying to Make It Universal

For Ruth Martin, the fight for paid leave is both professional and personal. As Senior Vice President of MomsRising, she’s helped mobilize more than

Can We Automate Inequality Out of Automation?

Why has the gap between America’s rich and most everyone else widened so much over recent decades? The two most basic arithmetic reasons: Our rich are

With Rising Wages and Record Job Openings, Do We Still Have to Ask If the Minimum Wage Kills Jobs?

The reopening of the economy, coupled with the healthy stimulus in the American Recovery Act, gives us a chance to see how businesses respond to higher

Lifting From the Bottom So Everyone Can Rise

When President Biden first unveiled the Build Back Better agenda, it appeared that this country was on the path to a new war on poverty. In April, he told

Starbucks Requests Union Vote Delay After Being Hit With Charges of Unlawful Union-Busting

With a union vote this week, the company’s union-busting tactics have grown ever more desperate.

Can the Global Corporate Tax Clip Corporate Power?

In early October, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), consisting of 136 countries representing more than 90% of global GDP,