Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Economy adds 213,000 jobs in June, unemployment edges up to 4.0 percent

The average hourly wage in manufacturing rose just 1.7 percent in the last year.

Is Trump giving Amazon the Postal Service?

Trump wanted to use the Postal Service to hit back at Amazon, but he may end up doing the opposite.

For captured regulators, repealing the Volcker Rule is child’s play

One thing’s for certain: if there’s another financial crisis, it could make the last one look like child’s play.

We need a mass movement to save and expand Social Security and Medicare

Old, young, men and women of all races fighting together.

The retired General who stopped a Wall Street coup

General Smedley Butler blew the whistle on a millionaire-led effort to oust FDR and the New Deal.

Disaster gentrification in Puerto Rico

Paradise for a wealthy few, the continuation of a long colonial nightmare for the long neglected majority of Puerto Ricans.

The Catonsville nine, 50 years later

"What are your future plans?" "Resistance!"

Primary day: Lessons for Democrats

If Democrats are willing to propose bold electoral reform, there may be some hope for them in November.

The hard truth about Trump and change

We need to tackle these problems head-on.

Earth Day: Conflict over the future of the planet

The environmental crisis and the mishandling of climate change are issues that are going to make the 2020s a decade of transformational change.