Capitalism vs. the Environment

Capitalism Socialism and Sustainability - Democratic Socialists of America



Naomi Klein: "We Can't Dodget this Fight Between Capitalism and Climate Change" In These Times



This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate (A Manual for a Movement) In These Times

Top 3 Things About the 2013 Poverty and Income Data

Top 3 Things About the 2013 Poverty and Income Data



New data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau show that four years into the economic recovery, there has been some progress in the poverty rate as it fell from 15 percent in 2012 to 14.5 percent in 2013, with gains especially strong for children, whose poverty rates fell by nearly 2 percentage points. There was no statistically significant improvement, however, in the number of Americans living in poverty. The share of families struggling on the economic brink also remains elevated, with aboutone-third of Americans—33.9 percent—just one paycheck, sick child, or broken-down car away from poverty.