Economy

  • As political and business leaders gather for their annual meeting at the ultra-exclusive Swiss ski resort of Davos, the left is holding a gathering of its own. January 29, 2010

  • Despite bonuses expected to exceed $100 billion, Wall Street executives somehow kept a straight face when they testified before Congress. January 19, 2010

  • Three lives lost over a $181 utility bill--that's the ugly truth in Detroit, where a house fire killed three people on January 5. January 8, 2010

  • It was revealed last month that the Bank of England handed £61.6 billion to two banks--while executives kept stuffing their pockets. December 7, 2009

  • The protests against a World Trade Organization summit 10 years ago became a rallying point for a left-wing revival in the U.S. and around the globe. November 30, 2009

  • The number of Americans vulnerable to hunger grew sharply to 49 million in 2008--or about one in every six men, women and children living in the U.S. November 23, 2009

  • The authors of a new book talk about the factors that led to the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. November 10, 2009

  • 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