Advances in clean energy expected to cause a sudden drop in demand for fossil fuels, leaving companies with trillions in stranded assets Which is why the fossil fuel industry is so … Continue reading ‘Carbon bubble’ could spark global financial crisis, study warns

A crackdown on dissent is targeting the island’s protest movements. Isn’t Puerto Rico part of the United States? Source: Student Protesters in Puerto Rico Face Trial as Government Criminalizes Dissent Continue reading Student Protesters in Puerto Rico Face Trial as Government Criminalizes Dissent

College used to be affordable. Now, 44 million Americans are caught in the Student Loan Trap. Let’s set them free so that they—and all of us—can prosper. A campaign based on the … Continue reading Campaign to cancel student debt

After years of asset sales, store closures, debt exchanges and real estate moves, Sears is still suffering huge losses and declining sales and analysts say bankruptcy is very likely. The destruction of … Continue reading Yes Sears is likely to collapse but its biggest stakeholder, it’s CEO, will be just fine

Kevin Desouza and Kiran Somvanshi examine a recent blockchain pilot project in West Virginia as a model to make voting easier and more transparent. All voting should move to blockchain as quickly … Continue reading How blockchain could improve election transparency

Research gives estimates on the longer lives that are now possible in the country. While the US moves in the wrong direction. Source: Four Years After Declaring War on Pollution, China Is … Continue reading Four Years After Declaring War on Pollution, China Is Winning

A new report from Oxfam highlights a global system that rewards the super-rich This is not sustainable. Source: A ‘Billionaire Bonanza’ Is Driving Global Inequality | Time Continue reading 82% of the World’s Wealth Went to the Richest 1% in 2017

Working In These Times is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and struggles for workers’ rights. A job guarantee will be required for us to start addressing … Continue reading It’s Time for the Climate Movement to Embrace a Federal Jobs Guarantee

  “Temperature affects the fundamental building blocks of economies.” Fighting climate change could generate trillions in income for people as well. Source: Limiting climate change will benefit economies around globe Continue reading Fighting climate change could save the world trillions of dollars

The duchess wants to champion female empowerment. Letting women participate fully in the workforce would be a good start, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott Some good ideas in here actually. Source: The answer to Britain’s productivity crisis? Meghanomics | Larry Elliott | Opinion | The Guardian Continue reading The answer to Britain’s productivity crisis? Meghanomics

Groundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity’s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact Is it really necessary for us to destroy all other living beings … Continue reading Human race just 0.01% of all life but has eradicated most other living things

Supreme Court rules on workers’ rights and forced arbitration. More worker’s rights get taken away by the conservative Supreme Court in another 5-4 decision. This ruling states that workers cannot band together … Continue reading Supreme Court deals defeat to workers’ rights, upholding arbitration for individuals only