Economy
October 10, 2011 -
The grassroots protest movement against corporate greed that started in New York City has crossed the Mason-Dixon Line.
September 27, 2011 -
Organized by postal workers' unions, the events are calling on Congress to pass a bill ending a pre-payment mandate for retiree health benefits that's pushing the agency into the red while threatening tens of thousands of public-sector jobs.
September 26, 2011 -
Just hours after Georgia executed Troy Davis, hundreds of protesters in New York City joined the forces occupying Wall Street.
September 23, 2011 -
As the number of Americans suffering from hunger reaches record levels, federal lawmakers take aim at funding for the WIC program, which feeds some of the most vulnerable among us.
September 20, 2011 -
By Lois Beckett and Marian Wang, ProPublica
September 16, 2011 -
The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest poverty figures this week, and they show that poverty is worsening nationwide -- but especially in the South. The official U.S. poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009. That marks the third consecutive annual increase in the national poverty rate, evidence of the persistently weak U.S. economy.
