Economy

  • Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms are looking forward to a bonus orgy for executives this year--supposedly for a job well done. November 4, 2009

  • The American Bankers Association got an angry reception in Chicago from workers, homeowners and activists fed up with bailouts for banks. October 28, 2009

  • With the unemployment system mostly automated, the number of people in the office wasn't big. But their problems were. October 26, 2009

  • Even before the recession, U.S. workers were losing ground rapidly--and if current trends continue, the future looks more difficult than ever. October 23, 2009

  • Wall Street has come up with a new investment scheme involving life insurance that is essentially a bet people will die "on time" or earlier than expected. October 13, 2009

  • The U.S. economy is apparently growing again, but the problems that led to last year's financial panic remain--and workers' suffering is getting worse. September 17, 2009

  • Residents of Seattle's Tent City III and Nickelsville are resisting moves to evict them--even as the city refuses to offer real help to the homeless. August 19, 2009

  • The mainstream news is filled with happy talk about economic recovery--but that's not the reality for those of us who aren't Wall Street executives. August 13, 2009

  • The crisis in commercial real estate is getting attention in Congress--but property developers are exactly the people who don't deserve help. August 5, 2009

  • The government's June jobs report shows there's no end of economic misery in sight for workers--and some groups are feeling the pain even more sharply. July 14, 2009

  • There are two Seattles--one for the wealthy few and another for the vast majority of people who barely scrape by, and sometimes not even that. July 6, 2009

  • An examination of the 10 richest Americans reveals a rogue's gallery of serial polluters, budget-slashers, CIA contractors, union-busters and right-wing nuts. June 5, 2009

  • Anything that once provided an illusion of safety for autoworkers is vanishing--so we either we rise up together, or no one walks away with a living wage. May 22, 2009

  • The Obama administration announced the results of its "stress tests" of big banks--but there were plenty of problems with the triumphant conclusions. May 11, 2009

  • The pressure is on the Obama administration to make its plans for economic recovery work--but the deeper question is: Work for who? April 8, 2009

  • When the government demands more concessions from GM and Chrysler, we all know where the cuts will come from. April 2, 2009

  • The Group of 20 meeting of the world's biggest economic powers in London was a failure even before it began. April 1, 2009

  • Among the 1,000 people who stood in line for jobs at a new Chicago hotel, there were countless stories about how workers are taking the brunt of the crisis. March 30, 2009

  • Those executive bonuses aren't the biggest scandal at AIG--the company has quietly become a vehicle for siphoning taxpayer dollars to the biggest banks. March 27, 2009

  • They crashed the Wall Street casino with their reckless gambling, but that isn't stopping the titans of high finance from awarding themselves huge bonuses. March 18, 2009

  • The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are using the international economic crisis to return to the limelight. March 13, 2009

  • The great American jobs wipeout continues with no end in sight, as the financial meltdown continues and the entire world economy unravels. March 10, 2009

  • The administration's $275 billion program to deal with foreclosures is a departure from the do-nothing Bush approach--but it falls short of what's needed. March 6, 2009

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget will be a crippling blow to working people--at the same time as it diligently protects the interests of the rich. February 24, 2009

  • U.S. automakers are using government loans as a pretext to eliminate retiree health care costs and pensions--and the UAW is letting them. February 23, 2009