Tag: U.S. Economy
New Warren bill would empower Feds to crack down on corporate...
"Corporations have price gouged consumers for extra profits—and gotten away with it—for too long."
Manchin under fire for blowing potential $60 billion hole in US...
The death of Democrats' $1.75 trillion reconciliation measure could deprive the U.S. economy of $60 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) over the next three quarters, hampering the nation's fragile recovery.
Psst: You want to know what’s really driving inflation? (Not what...
The underlying problem is not inflation. It’s lack of competition. Corporations are using the excuse of inflation to raise prices and make fatter profits.
Don’t believe corporate America’s ‘labor shortage’ bullshit. This is an unofficial...
What’s really happening is more accurately described as a living-wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a childcare shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.
So it goes
When it comes to war, Americans remain willfully and incorrigibly ignorant. We have paid dearly for that ignorance and will likely pay even more in the years ahead.
Why so much wealth at the top threatens the US economy
Until the structural imbalance is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.
How the American jobs plan would deliver one of life’s basic...
Upgrading water infrastructure would make Americans healthier while delivering a major boost to the economy.
Jobs report coverage lacked context, worker perspective
Workers might be in a better position to push wages up if employers are forced to compete with both the fear of the pandemic and increased unemployment payments.
Washington’s delusion of endless world dominion
China and the U.S. struggle over Eurasia, the epicenter of world power.
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.