Economic

Details: Written by: Alexa Strabuk, YES! Magazine

The Little-Known Farmworkers Who Sparked the Biggest Labor Movement in U.S. History There would be no Cesar Chavez without the Filipino manongs of Delano, California, whose decision to strike set off the most significant labor movement the United States has ever seen.

Details: Written by: Kasia Tarczynska, YES! Magazine

Why Give Breaks to Huge Corporations When We Could Invest Down the Street? Cities and states fork over an estimated $70 billion each year to large companies that don’t need public assistance to thrive. We could spend that money on our own neighborhoods.

Details: Written by: Robert Reich

There Is Another Way To Do Capitalism Marissa Mayer tells us a lot about why Americans are so angry, and why anti-establishment fury has become the biggest single force in American politics today.

Details: Written by: Robert Reich

How To Reverse The Widening Racial Wealth Gap Wealth inequality is even more of a problem than income inequality. That’s because you have to have enough savings from income to begin to accumulate wealth – buying a house or investing in stocks and bonds, or saving up to send a child to college.

Details: Written by: Fran Korten, YES! Magazine

college in denmark 4 9 In an election year, we hear endless promises of what our politicians will do to help the people. But are the ideas we’re hearing from Bernie Sanders and others—like Medicare for all, free college tuition, paid family leave—just slogans to pander to voters suffering under stagnating wages and burdensome debt? Could those ideas ever actually take hold?

Details: Written by: Stian Reimers, Senior Lecturer in Psychology

When It Comes To Taxes, How Do We Decide What's Fair? The tax dealings of a number of politicians have come under scrutiny this week, following news of their offshore holdings in the Panama Papers. The leaks have led to the resignation of the Icelandic prime minister – and the UK prime minister, David Cameron, has been criticised for shares he used to have in an offshore fund set up

Details: Written by: Mark Gruenberg, People's World

Why Even $15 An Hour Is Not Enough In Some States Low-wage workers nationwide have been campaigning for a $15 hourly "living wage" and the right to organize without employer labor law-breaking. But a new think tank report says that in most states, $15 is not enough - even for one person.

Details: Written by: InnerSelf Staff

4 Reasons The Wall Street Journal’s Attack on Bernie Sanders is Totally Bogus I’ve had so many calls about an article appearing earlier this week in the Wall Street Journal – charging that Bernie Sanders’s proposals would carry a “price tag” of $18 trillion over a 10-year period – that it’s necessary to respond.

Details: Written by: David Morris, On The Commons

greece debt EU’s economic demands seek to derail small business and local communities, paving the way for multinational corporate giants. One demand is that Greece abolish any laws restricting the days or hours a business can operate despite the fact that several European countries including have enacted such policies to protect workers and small business, including Germany.