Human needs before profits

Racist neglect behind East Harlem explosion

New York --  Another capitalist atrocity against the poor and people of color occurred in the neighborhood of East Harlem,…

March 17, 2014

Staples to shut 225 stores

Giant retail chains are counting up their poor showings in 2013. Their answer? Store closings and layoffs. In this attack…

March 16, 2014

Hiding stagnation and ‘missing workers’

Here is a major headline item that never made it to the headlines: The Commerce Department has revised downward by…

March 5, 2014

Detroit meeting opposes bankruptcy plan

Detroit -- A standing-room-only audience at Central United Methodist Church participated in an Emergency Town Hall meeting March 2 in…

March 4, 2014

Broad backing for minimum wage raise

Low-wage workers are carrying out a determined and heroic struggle to force giant corporations like McDonalds, Starbucks, Walmart and others…

February 28, 2014

Detroit declares war on pensioners

Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr’s “Plan of Adjustment” is a declaration of war on the city of Detroit’s 20,000 retirees and…

February 25, 2014

The trillion-dollar student loan bubble

A recent issue of Bloomberg Business Week ran a feature headline: “Student Loans, the Next Big Threat to the Economy?”…

February 21, 2014

Why Debbie Dogskin died

As propane prices soar, 25 states have declared an energy emergency, but it came too late for Debbie Dogskin. And…

February 14, 2014

Subprime loans drive auto recovery

The scramble for profits is again leading to overproduction and the pushing of high-interest loans, this time in the auto…

February 12, 2014

More on the wealth gap

An editorial in our last issue ­explained how a simple statistic arrived at in an Oxfam study on wealth illuminates…

February 8, 2014