Economy

November 17, 2011 - Politicians have been repeating the mantra that "regulations kill jobs" -- but the numbers show that environmental regulations actually create jobs.

November 11, 2011 - U.S. unions are bitterly split on whether an oil pipeline should be built between Canada and Texas. The conflict has hamstrung the Blue-Green Alliance, which unifies union and environmental efforts, as transit unions argue labor must look beyond its own interests.

November 2, 2011 - Florida's tomato farmworkers and their allies brought a two-year fight to specialty grocer Trader Joe's California doorstep last week.

October 27, 2011 - A comprehensive new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that the gap between rich and poor in the United States has grown dramatically over the past 30 years and is greatest in Southern cities.

October 25, 2011 - An undocumented farmworker leader was deported last week, reinforcing the findings of a new Farm Labor Organizing Committee report that says tobacco pickers struggling to organize are stymied by fear.

October 24, 2011 - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain revised his tax proposal in response to criticism that it would disproportionately burden the poor. But the new plan would still hit low-income Americans hard.

October 24, 2011 - American oil and security firms see big opportunities in post-Gaddafi Libya.