Business & Economy

The High Cost of a Broken Metaphor

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 14, 2011 "We're broke." You can practically break a search engine if you start looking around the Internet for those words. Just one problem: We're not broke. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hard Times and Homeless Kids

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2011 With the number of kids living below the poverty line closing in on 25 percent, homelessness and hunger are becoming normal for American children, as illustrated by this "60 Minutes" report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Don’t Ice Out Public Media

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 9, 2011 When we are discussing war, we need a media not brought to us by weapons manufacturers. When discussing health care reform, we need a media not sponsored by insurance companies or Big Pharma. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

When Cuts Don’t Cut It

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 After slamming Democrats for not focusing on "jobs, jobs, jobs," Republicans have decided to ignore their own winning message in favor of "cuts, cuts, cuts." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

State Crises Mean New Language of Deceit

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 For most of history, we had undebatable definitions of words such as bailout and bankruptcy. Sadly, that's not the case during a deficit crisis that is seeing language redefined in ideological terms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Divided on Unions

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 2, 2011 In the national battle over the future of unions, labor’s greatest danger is division among liberals over schoolteachers’ rights in dismissals, evaluation testing, assignments, promotions and tenure.In the national battle over the future of unions, labor’s greatest danger is division among liberals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Democracy Now’: Matt Taibbi’s Still on Wall Street’s Case

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2011 Good thing for that, too, as the middle and lower classes are clearly still feeling the fallout from Wall Street bandits' fraudulent scheming Here, Taibbi names some names and tells Amy Goodman how the architects of our current economic catastrophe got away with their crime so far. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yes, America Still Needs Unions

Joe Conason / Truthdig Feb 24, 2011 Even in its terribly weakened condition, the labor movement remains a bulwark against the kind of corporate tyranny that would swiftly make serfs of the rest of us. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Betting on Arianna

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 23, 2011 In defense of Arianna Huffington. Not that the lady needs one, having been a leader in undermining the right-wing dominance of Internet reporting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Starving Wisconsin’s Unions

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 22, 2011 Let's be clear: The high-stakes standoff in Wisconsin has nothing to do with balancing the state's budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Huffington’s Plunder

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 21, 2011 The sale of The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million, and the tidy profit made by principal owner and founder Arianna Huffington, who was already rich, is emblematic of the new paradigm of American journalism.The sale of The Huffington Post and the tidy profit made by principal owner and founder Arianna Huffington is emblematic of the new paradigm of American journalism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Who’s Your Nanny?

David Coleman / Truthdig Feb 20, 2011 The Obama administration is under attack for alleged nanny-state behavior -- telling kids what to eat and how they should exercise. But where's the critique of corporate intrusion into the personal lives of employees?The Obama administration is under attack for alleged nanny-state behavior. But where's the critique of corporate intrusion into the personal lives of employees? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )