Economic Justice

Do you think you'll get a Christmas bonus this year? I know one person who will -- the new chief executive who will take over for Ken Lewis at Bank of America.

The Archbishop and the President's Common Problem

LaVonne Neff 12-09-2009

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
--William Butler Yeats, from "The Second Coming"

How 'Scroogenomics' Is Saving My Christmas

Helen Lee 12-09-2009

Fired Up About Financial Reform

Jennifer Kottler 12-09-2009

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore

In Praise of Christmas Materialism

Ernesto Tinajero 12-08-2009

Climate Justice Clips: The Real Conspiracy at Copenhagen

Jarrod McKenna 12-08-2009

This is analogous to the indulgences that the Catholic Church sold in the middle ages. The bishops collected lots of money and the sinners got redemption. Both parties liked that arrangement despite its absurdity. That is exactly what's happening...

Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 1

Jarrod McKenna 12-07-2009

Ok, so if Amos was to show up today and deliver his poetic-prophetix in the body of a skinny, pale spectacled, over educated English environmental analyst, he might look something like the amazing Danny Chivers. ...

Vulture Funds Feed on the Global Poor

Hayley Hathaway 12-07-2009

Liberia is the most recent country to fall into the talons of a "vulture fund." Last week, British courts ruled that Liberia has to pay $20 million to two vulture funds, Wall Capital Ltd. and Hamsah Investments, for a debt that dates back to 1978.

Dive!: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dumpster Diving but Were Afraid to Ask

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 12-04-2009

A confession: When I first saw publicity for Dive! I forwarded it to my main dumpster diving partner with the subject line: "great." As in, "great, now dumpster diving will become more popular and we'll have more competition."

Make Your Wish List a Giving List

LaVonne Neff 12-04-2009

I have mixed feelings about wish lists. They rob Christmas of creativity, surprise, and personal contact, but they make shopping much, much easier.

America's Pervasive Pattern of Race-Based Medical Disparities

Onleilove Alston 12-03-2009

Our country has a long history of underserving and mistreating African-Americans and other marginalized groups.

Why Poverty Persists in a World of Wealth

Becky Garrison 12-03-2009

The forthcoming documentary The End of Poverty? opens with the question "Why does poverty persist in a world of growing wealth?" Through a seri