Silicon Valley, even super-cool electric car companies like Tesla, is getting a bad rap for upending the economy
Andrew Leonard Friday, Jun 7, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Technology Tesla, Silicon Valley, backlash
The installment loans industry can bury consumers in debt
Paul Kiel, ProPublica Monday, May 13, 2013 6:58 PM UTC
News ProPublica, Loans, Banks
Towards a new economic model
Peter Frase, Jacobin Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
News Capitalism, Inequality, Jacobin
The inequality King highlighted continues to grow worse
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 9:58 PM UTC
Politics BillMoyers.com
College sports is not a distraction from society's struggles -- it's a business that embodies them
David Sirota Monday, Apr 8, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Entertainment NCAA, ncaa basketball
The way to stop filling up prisons is to end the War on Drugs, curb inequality and change our perspective on class
Mugambi Jouet Friday, Mar 1, 2013 9:23 PM UTC
Politics Criminal Justice System
In an op-ed, Joseph Stiglitz writes that the U.S. has less social mobility than most industrial nations
Alex Kane, AlterNet Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 8:51 PM UTC
Politics AlterNet, class, U.S. Economy
The rich are driving us ever closer to the status of most wealth-unequal country in the world
Paul Bucheit, Alternet Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:31 PM UTC
Social AlterNet, Labor, U.S. Economy
A Bay Area Boy Scouts chapter approved Ryan Andresen's scout application -- even though he is gay
Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 10:11 PM UTC
Life Boy Scouts of America
Tonight's lottery is up to $500 million. Guess whose money is going into the pot?
Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 3:12 PM UTC
Business Jackpot, Powerball, Lottery
New research found that while median wealth plummeted, the top 1 percent increased wealth by 71 percent
Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 3:45 PM UTC
Business Mortgage Crisis
NGO report finds gap between rich and poor has grown worldwide, hampering poverty eradication
Natasha Lennard Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 3:28 PM UTC
Life Child Mortality
A year after Zuccotti Park, participants discuss what it means
Natasha Lennard Monday, Sep 17, 2012 12:53 AM UTC
News Occupy Wall Street, Inequality
Looking back on the much debated series, readying for its third season
Alexander Chee,
LA Review of Books Monday, Jul 30, 2012 9:44 PM UTC
Entertainment LA Review of Books
It's smart economics and beneficial to society. What are we waiting for?
Marshall Auerback,
Alternet Monday, Jul 30, 2012 3:23 PM UTC
News AlterNet, U.S. Economy
Keep talking, Ann. The little people are all ears
Lynn Parramore,
Alternet Sunday, Jul 29, 2012 1:00 PM UTC
Politics AlterNet, Ann Romney, Mitt Romney
Family homelessness barely existed until the 1980s. The financial crisis has made the problem worse
Tana Ganeva,
Alternet Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 6:37 PM UTC
News AlterNet, Poverty, Inequality
The company endangered workers, stiffed creditors, got government contracts and then declared bankruptcy
Josh Eidelson,
Alternet Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1:50 PM UTC
Politics AlterNet, Business, Inequality
The problem is that the prosperity of big business is disconnected from the well-being of most Americans
Robert Reich,
Robert Reich Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1:32 PM UTC
News U.S. Economy, Inequality