The news about the health of the ecosphere is grim, and getting grimmer. This is on the minds of lots of people, but it’s often difficult to find places where others want to discuss this. Anyone who speaks bluntly about these threats risks being accused of being a downer. Robert Jensen addresses this problem in […]

University of Texas economist James K. Galbraith, one of the country’s leading analysts of the financial crisis, argues that increased inequality is a product of the rise of windfall profits in finance and the deregulation of markets. In an interview with “The Real News,” he explains how he makes the case in his new book, Inequality […]