Economy / Business - OtherWords

You’re Paying Big Oil to Pollute

Big oil companies are drilling public oil for free, thanks to a “temporary” loophole that’s stayed open for 25 years.

USPS employs veterans at three times the national rate, but the White House wants to slash these jobs — and our benefits.

40 percent of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency — and more emergencies are coming.

How will billionaires and insurers survive?

California’s wildfires and blackouts show the dangers of entrusting our power to for-profit corporations.

If the U.S. were as equal as Japan, the average American’s wealth would triple. Inequality is like a tax on two-thirds of your income.

As hundreds of Wisconsin dairy farms go under, the White House is telling them to clear out for the big guys.

It’s no secret where America’s wealth has gone in recent decades: upwards.

By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country.

Without affordable care, women — and small business owners like me — are at a huge disadvantage.