Who’s Ready for Hillary? Who’s Ready for Hillary?
Depending on whom you ask, Clinton is a triangulating pro-corporate Democrat or a heroic shatterer of glass ceilings—or both.
Nov 24, 2014 / Feature / Kathleen Geier, Joan Walsh, Jamelle Bouie, Doug Henwood, Heather Digby Parton, Steven Teles, and Richard Yeselson
Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?
Libertarians and leftists alike predict a world of competing digital currencies.
Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Doug Henwood
How the 1 Percent Rules How the 1 Percent Rules
An elite nonprofit no one’s ever heard of has turned New York into a city of tall towers and tony boulevards.
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Why Should the Left Support Obama? Why Should the Left Support Obama?
I wish, just once, an endorsement of a Democratic presidential candidate would mull over some serious structural issues that are at stake.
Oct 17, 2012 / Doug Henwood
OpinionNation: Labor’s Bad Recall? OpinionNation: Labor’s Bad Recall?
Unions invested heavily in the campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Was that a huge mistake?
Jun 15, 2012 / Gordon Lafer, Doug Henwood, Jane McAlevey, Bill Fletcher Jr., Mike Elk, and Adolph Reed Jr.
What Would Keynes Do? A Forum What Would Keynes Do? A Forum
Economists and wonks respond to Thomas Geoghegan's Nation essay “What Would Keynes Do?”
Oct 5, 2011 / Doug Henwood, Matt Yglesias, and James K. Galbraith
Remembering Robert Fitch Remembering Robert Fitch
Fitch was a brilliant and prolific radical journalist and troublemaker.
Mar 15, 2011 / Doug Henwood
A Post-Capitalist Future is Possible A Post-Capitalist Future is Possible
The current economic crisis probably won't be the magic intervention to usher in a new era, but there are opportunities to advance the socialist cause.
Mar 14, 2009 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Crisis of a Gilded Age Crisis of a Gilded Age
Without an energized populace, expect nothing more humane than the rescue of a failing financial system.
Sep 24, 2008 / Doug Henwood
Our Gilded Age Our Gilded Age
Today's elite spend on a grand scale while pretending to be "just folks."
Jun 11, 2008 / Feature / Doug Henwood