Joe DeManuelle-Hall reports on the years-long squeeze that major railroads have put on their operations and workforces.
The Crisis in US Railroads
Category: Economy
A Future Society
Research institutes from around the world have come together to start an international discussion responding to the broad crises of our times, writes Vijay Prashad.
Chris Hedges: America’s New Class War
Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States.
Student Debt Cancellation a Racial Justice Issue
Presidential executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in student debts would increase Black wealth by 40 percent, the authors say.
Supply Chain Disruption Arrives ‘Just in Time’
Kim Moody says cost-cutting methods introduced to the Western auto industry in the 1980s have spread to every type of goods and service production, transport and retail.
Neoliberal Capitalism, Supply Chains & Inflation
Ending U.S. child care subsidies won’t restock store shelves, writes Sonali Kolhatkar. A fairer, more sustainable global economy might.
Mental Health Workers in US Won a Safety Strike
The labor action against a for-profit facility in Tukwila, Washington, followed a patient’s attack on staff in August, Sarah Hughes reports.
Biden Slammed for Renominating Powell as Fed Chair
The decision, said one campaigner, “doubles down on reckless Wall Street deregulation and dangerous dawdling on climate-related threats to the financial system.”
Cuba’s Blueprint for Building More with Less
A post-revolutionary architectural experiment offers lessons for designing with scarcity, writes M. Wesam Al Asali.
A Chorus of Misinformation About US Employment
Bruce T. Boccardy says the economic model is gradually shredding the lives of working people.