The euro and European disintegration: Should we care?
The EU set up a monetary union, but it needs a political union based on the empowerment of working people, not just bankers, to survive this crisis.
The ruling class "nullification" attack on democracy
In 30 years demographers forecast that the population of the U.S. will no longer be majority white.
It’s thumbs down on “austerity” in Europe
The European solution of austerity has been totally discredited not just on that continent but by workers and their allies around the world.
Study shows tea party not what it pretends to be
Shedding some light on membership in the Tea Party Caucus in Congress.
The rich hurt you and me every day, new book reveals how
99 To 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About It, by Chuck Collins, helps readers gain a mastery over the practical politics of attacking inequality.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos: Let them eat elephant?
King Juan Carlos of Spain goes on an elephant safari while Spaniards go without basic necessities. Could such royal conspicuous consumption happen in America?
China: The Frog & The Scorpion?
Can China swim capitalism's scorpion across the river and avoid the sting?
Canada's dirty little sub prime loan secret threatens to sink housing market
While the U.S. is still suffering from the sub prime debacle, Canada's housing market is an island of tranquility.
Jeffrey Sachs and “The Price of Civilization”
Sachs is particularly good at showing where productive value from work is going.
"Pity the Billionaire" recounts hijacking of public opinion
Thomas Frank, ex-Wall Street Journalist turned liberal political savant, is currently the darling of the airwaves for NPR and Democracy Now fans.
