| Feb 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyA newspaper photograph last summer portrayed three guys in suits and ties shoveling dirt. They were Donald Trump, then-Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and the chairman of Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics conglomerate. They were doing a PR groundbreaking for a new...
| Oct 1, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedWhile Americans were transfixed by Senate hearings over Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults, House Republicans quietly passed another enormous tax handout for the wealthiest Americans. Round one of this giveaway cost $2 trillion. Round two is even bigger —...
| Aug 29, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPoliticians often gab about the “private sector” and the “public sector,” as if these two categories of economic activity operated as two completely separate worlds. In reality, these two sectors have always been deeply intertwined. How deeply?...
| Jan 31, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyGovernors and mayors insist that giving our tax dollars to corporations to lure them to move to our cities is good public policy. The corporations create jobs, those workers pay taxes, and — voila! — the giveaway pays for itself! Does it really work that way?...
| Nov 8, 2017 | Economy / BusinessIsn’t it funny that right-wing politicians across the country piously rant against giving a few bucks worth of jobless benefits to the needy — then turn around and shove billions of our tax dollars into corporate welfare for the greedy? You’re right....
