If Only it Were 99 Percent -- or Even 80 Percent -- Versus the Rich
Without the restoration of middle class jobs for Americans, the lights will not go back on and support for education will continue to fade.
Without the restoration of middle class jobs for Americans, the lights will not go back on and support for education will continue to fade.
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.12.2012
Chris Christie isn't the Republican Party's "bad boy." He's its Id. He expresses the emotions they all feel but which most of them are too judicious to say out loud. That's clear by the way the party has embraced him.
Robert Creamer | Posted 04.10.2012
We must mobilize Americans to reject economic inequality -- to vote for a society where we all stand together, where we have each other's backs -- and where we return the goal of reducing inequality to center stage where it belongs.
Christopher Holshek | Posted 04.02.2012
Failing states are failing states. The difference between over there and over here, however, is that we have been stacking the deck against ourselves.
Eric Alterman | Posted 05.30.2012
Instead of seeking remedies to this ongoing problem, the putative guardians of our democratic principles, rights and responsibilities -- the United States Supreme Court -- has chosen to vastly exacerbate the situation.
Gerry Hudson | Posted 04.18.2012
While the recent drop in unemployment numbers is great news, I wonder about how it will impact older African-American baby boomers. Our looming retirement security crisis, disproportionally affects African Americans, many of whom are retiring in poverty after a lifetime of work.
Noam Chomsky | Posted 04.15.2012
American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster.
Jim Worth | Posted 04.13.2012
It's pity: pity of your desperation, of your personal purgatory over the issues, your lack of true understanding, of your feckless attempts at convincing the American people you're the answer to their struggles.
Peter Mandel | Posted 03.28.2012
Prices may be low, but the Republic's economy is slow and there are hundreds of thousands who can't keep up. "Jobs exist," insist local experts. "But our workforce isn't trained." In fact, many high school graduates here have a hard time reading and doing basic math.
Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 03.07.2012
Ultimately, the current debate about more or less government is a distraction from the real question: What combination of government and industry is most likely to restore Americans' sense of a shared future?
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 02.19.2012
Too many of those playing a partisan game of chicken are turning a deaf ear and cold eye to child suffering. It is time to let them hear from us with our voices and votes.
Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 02.14.2012
Occupy Wall Street could not have happened if large swaths of the 99% had not begun to discover some common interests, or at least to put aside some of the divisions among themselves.
Michele Swenson | Posted 02.08.2012
Instead of presenting a grand vision for job creation and economic stimulus, President Obama has consistently capitulated to Republicans' faux deficit narrative.
Posted 12.09.2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement has brought increased focus on the disparity between the top one percent of earners and everyone else in the United St...
Steve Fraser | Posted 01.29.2012
In 1729, Jonathan Swift's idea was simple: the starving Irish should sell their own children to the rich as food. I want to suggest that we put in motion a similar undertaking. The basic idea is that we offer ourselves up as a sacrifice to the bond markets.
Tiziana Dearing | Posted 01.16.2012
The poor are getting poorer. They are increasingly being isolated into ever-poorer neighborhoods, which makes it that much harder to break out.
Rep. Adam Smith | Posted 01.09.2012
We must look closely at the policies most responsible for leading us to this economic position. Then, we must make specific proposals for how to change those policies and reverse the current economic trends.
Frances Fox Piven | Posted 01.07.2012
The Occupy Wall Street movement has already made the concentration of wealth at the top of this society a central issue in American politics. Now, it promises to do something similar when it comes to the realities of poverty in this country.
Cynthia Kounaris | Posted 01.02.2012
What I hear Occupy Wall Street saying is "We will follow the rules. But let's make the rules fair." The system is rigged. It wasn't designed to be rigged but has bit-by-bit, step-by-step, become rigged.
Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 12.24.2011
Homelessness is not a side issue unconnected to plutocracy and greed. It's where we're all eventually headed -- the 99%, or at least the 70%, of us -- unless this revolution succeeds.
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.23.2011
Even more egregious than Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-VA) cowardly retreat (because it was open to the public) from delivering a speech on wealth disparity is what this undelivered speech actually said.
Jacoba Urist | Posted 12.12.2011
Under all of Occupy Wall Street's signage, there's a fundamental truth we can't afford to ignore: the growing income gap in this country is a big problem for everybody. Yesterday, though, they crossed a line in the sand.
Andy Kroll | Posted 12.06.2011
The question on many economists' minds is: Will the U.S. slump into a double-dip recession? In the meantime, the middle class has flat-lined. Life support is nowhere close to arriving.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.21.2011
I understand that President Obama is very interested in appearing above the fray, avoiding partisan battles. But the current GOP is interested in nothing but partisan battles.
Janis Bowdler | Posted 10.25.2011
We cannot afford to overlook the racial wealth gap or its consequences for our nation's economy. If we act now, we can stop the bleeding in the housing market and concentrate on economic recovery for the hardest hit―the unemployed workers and vets, retirees, and communities of color.
Bernard Starr | Posted 05.16.2012