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Q&A with Veteran Labor Organizer Stewart J. Acuff

Leo W. Gerard: Stewart, you talk about power in a book you’ve written with economist Dr. Richard A. Levins. You called the manual, “Getting America Back to Work.” What’s the relationship between power and getting people back to work? Stewart J. Acuff: A big part of...

Why Bad Things Happen to Unequal People

Just in: new data on our staggering income gap. Just emerging: a better understanding why such gaps make economic calamities inevitable. Years ago, in the mid 20th century, no one in the United States spent much time talking about rising income inequality, for the...

The War For Financial Independence: Calls to Surrender

There's a new conventional wisdom forming in Washington, DC this July 4th, one that transcends party lines and the usual classifications of "left" and "right" as they're understood in that city. It's only being recognized now, because it deals with a number of...

Independence

July 4, 1776, Independence Day celebrates our fight to cast off colonial rule by a wealthy elite who were keeping the benefits of our labors for themselves. We fought this system and we won our independence. In the years since We, the People have built up solid public...

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