Tag: recession
GOP proposal could slash food aid for millions, new analysis warns
As House Republicans push for deep SNAP cuts and expanded work requirements, experts warn the proposal would strip food assistance from millions of low-income people—including families, older adults, and veterans—without improving employment.
Government watchdog cautions against further interest rate hikes for risk of...
Accountable.US warns further hikes "would needlessly and unnecessarily cause a recession and result in millions of Americans losing their jobs."
Ignoring warnings of mass job loss, Fed hikes rates to highest...
"The Fed should end its rate hiking campaign for good."
Pandemic crisis and recession can spark a fight for real change...
After getting $600/week in jobless pay, going back to work for $7.25 sucks.
Learning all the wrong lessons from the 2008 financial crisis
NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bill Moyers and Neil Barofsky on big bailouts
"The big financial institutions who were– obviously the biggest winners of the last bailout– they’re gonna win again. They always win. That’s kinda the way our system is organized."
How to prepare for the Trump recession
A recession is inevitable at this point. Here are 3 things we can do to prepare.
Death of the ‘usual’ economic evolution and the emergence of the...
With crisis comes opportunity, the possibility for growth and realignment with purpose; for change to take place—change that inculcates harmony, allowing for that which has hitherto been inhibited to be to be expressed.
We’re in a recession, and it’s likely to get worse
The shortcomings of U.S. economic policy, the healthcare system, and workers’ rights are being magnified by the current crisis.
Amid recession warnings, Trump reportedly considering more tax cuts for rich...
While continuing to publicly downplay warning signs that the U.S. economy is barreling toward a recession, the Trump White House is reportedly weighing a...
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NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years
The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall
More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies tally the trillions spent and the millions killed in the quarter century of war that followed September 11.