- Companies lay off thousands, then demand immigration reform for new labor—Why pay fair wages when you can get overseas workers on the cheap?
- Most U.S. Workers Likely to Lose Out from Proposed Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement, Report Finds
- Indiana judge finds right-to-work unconstitutional—"A Lake County judge has determined Indiana's right-to-work law violates a provision in the state constitution barring the delivery of services 'without just compensation.'"
- Majority of U.S. Workers Say Job Doesn't Require a Degree—"Even four in 10 working college grads say their work doesn't require a degree."
- Teen employment hits record lows, suggesting lost generation
- One more reason it's crap to be a waiter in America—"The IRS is cracking down on tips – again. Why go after billionaires when you can squeeze more out of servers?"
- Jobs, Debt And Home Prices Since The Crisis, In Five Charts
- Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray Vetoes Living Wage Bill—"In explaining his veto Gray said the bill was not a 'true' living-wage bill because it would only raise minimum wage for a small fraction of DC's workforce, only affecting a handful of retailers whose stores are supermarket-sized or larger and whose workforces are not unionized."
- Agency: Firms can't only use debit cards to pay—"Federal regulators say companies cannot require employees to receive their pay on debit cards, citing complaints from workers of high and unexpected fees on the cards."
- Pay is delayed for 40,000 federal workers
- Lake County to terminate dozens of older-than-65 employees
- Canada: Intern's Death After Overnight Shift Sparks Outcry—"The sudden death of a 22-year-old Alberta practicum student, who crashed while driving home after being made to work long hours, has his loved ones pushing for laws to protect unpaid interns from exploitation."
- Revealed: The Secret Koch Group That Gave Conservatives $236 Million In 2012
- Elizabeth Warren Calls Supreme Court Right-Wing, 'Pro-Corporate'—A "subsdiary of big business."
- Boehner Seeking Democrats' Help on Fiscal Talks—"As Speaker John A. Boehner sought a deal to avert a government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, a bloc of Republicans demanded a delay in the federal health care law, which the White House called 'a nonstarter.'" NYT
- Columnist calls out PolitiFact for covering up Scott Walker's debt problem
- 10 Ways America Has Come to Resemble a Banana Republic
- Income gap between rich and poor is biggest in a century
- Tired Of Inequality? One Economist Says It'll Only Get Worse
- Years after recession, many in U.S. still struggling, polls show
- Krugman: Rich Man's Recovery—"While the great majority of Americans are still living in a depressed economy, the rich at the very top are doing just fine." NYT
- Recovery for the Rich, Recession for the Rest
- Mindlessly Gutting Food Stamps—"House Republicans blame the needy for the lingering costs of recession." NYT
- The wealthy 'make mistakes', the poor go to jail—"I left my Wall Street trader job and began photographing drug addicts in NYC. These two worlds have entirely different rules."
- Exposing How Donald Trump Really Made His Fortune: Inheritance from Dad and the Government's Protection Mostly Did the Trick
- How Wal-Mart’s Waltons Maintain Their Billionaire Fortune
- Billionaire's Hit-and-Run Crash Leaves Single Mom With $4K Bill
- 'Monsanto Protection Act' quietly extended by Congress
- Monsanto, DuPont pour millions into GMO fight
- Daily Show: Monsanto & Seed Patent Laws—"Aasif Mandvi learns that greedy farmers have threatened the livelihood of Monsanto's heroic patent attorneys."
- In fiery speech, Warren calls for limiting size of banks
- The Case Against Larry Summers
- This is a complete list of Wall Street CEOs prosecuted for their role in the financial crisis
- The jerks got away with it! 5 years after economic collapse, they’re still smiling—"Five years ago this week, titans of finance wrecked the American economy. Here's why they're still happy as ever." Salon
- Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman Says Chance of Another Financial Crisis Near Zero
- Banks Warned Not to Flout $25 Billion Foreclosure Deal—"[R]egulators say lenders may be flouting the spirit of the deal by repeatedly asking for additional paperwork from borrowers seeking loan modifications and then foreclosing while treating the applications as incomplete."
- Despite Big Bank Threats, City Approves 'Eminent Domain for the People'—"Richmond, Calif. approves measure to seize 'underwater homes' in order to write-down mortgages and save homeowners."
- Left with nothing—"Too old, too tired and not enough money to fight. The District sold their small debts to investors, now their homes are gone for good.
- Suspicious bidding—"Unusual bidding at D.C. tax auctions went undetected: With thousands of homes on the line, the city's tax sales have been undermined by unusual bidding."
- Mistakes put homes in peril—"D.C. tax office mix-ups put homes in peril. Agency sells hundreds of liens by mistake, even after bills are paid."
- D.C. officials want changes to tax lien practices but ignored earlier calls for reform—"Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and a key D.C. Council member said they would pursue emergency legislation next week to reform the practice after learning about it Sunday in an investigative report published in The Washington Post. But both Gray and council members were warned 16 months ago..."
- Tax lien sales canceled after Post investigation; Gray calls for reforms—Another feather in the cap for the WP.
- US-Russia Reach Agreement on Syria Weapons
- The US: world's policeman or schoolyard bully?—"Ever since 9/11, it seems America's just been itching for a fight – and any Muslim country will do. Really, who acts like this?."
- Malala Raising $500 Million For Syrian Refugees
