Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy? Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy?
Raising taxes on the rich would help stop the economy from simply channeling income to 1 percent.
Aug 21, 2020 / Mike Konczal
Will Public Schools Survive Covid-19? Will Public Schools Survive Covid-19?
Long-term divestment has put America’s public schools in a dangerous situation, pitting necessary education against the safety of students, staff, and parents.
Aug 21, 2020 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler
Biden Cannot Win (or Govern) as a Deficit Hawk Biden Cannot Win (or Govern) as a Deficit Hawk
Deficit hawk rhetoric and austerity economics will undermine the winning coalition Biden needs to build.
Aug 21, 2020 / John Nichols
Biden’s Grief Versus Trump’s Grievances Biden’s Grief Versus Trump’s Grievances
The two presidential candidates have very different approaches to loss.
Aug 21, 2020 / Jeet Heer
What Belarus Stands to Lose What Belarus Stands to Lose
Fixing the country’s broken democratic process can’t come at the cost of the inequality and corruption other former Soviet republics are now facing.
Aug 20, 2020 / Vadim Nikitin
The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room
The Supreme Court will be lost for a generation if Biden loses, dooming almost all progressive policy ideas. But no Democrats are talking about it.
Aug 20, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents
When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda.
Aug 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Kamala Harris Does Her Best to Redeem Our Sexist, Racist Past Kamala Harris Does Her Best to Redeem Our Sexist, Racist Past
Watching a woman accept the nod as Number Two isn’t exactly as thrilling as watching her be nominated for president. But Harris made it very close.
Aug 20, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Please Mr. Postman Please Mr. Postman
Trump keeps pushing a false argument on vote-by-mail fraud in the upcoming election in November.
Aug 20, 2020 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
The Radical Afterlives of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha The Radical Afterlives of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
The South Korean–born author of Dictée was killed at 31. Four decades later, her landmark experimental novel is poised for wider rediscovery.
Aug 20, 2020 / Mayukh Sen