Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People
Forget the scandals and the tweets. What really matters is the looting.
Mar 15, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible
The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.
Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis
Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
Next up? All the other major banks financing private detention centers.
Mar 8, 2019 / Javier H. Valdés and Ana María Archila
The Department of Justice Is Turning Back the Clock on Corporate Accountability The Department of Justice Is Turning Back the Clock on Corporate Accountability
Under Trump, fines on big banks have dropped precipitously and efforts to pursue bad-acting executives have been undermined.
Mar 6, 2019 / Dylan Tokar
Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That Yale Benefits From the Puerto Rican Debt—These Students Are Fighting to End That
They demand that the university cancel its holdings in the Puerto Rican debt and divest from the fossil-fuel industry.
Mar 1, 2019 / StudentNation / Adriana Colón-Adorno and Alejandro Comas-Short
The Rich Are Still Getting Richer The Rich Are Still Getting Richer
Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.
Feb 26, 2019 / Nomi Prins
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats
The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.
Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / George Zornick
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System
In Hangzhou and throughout Shandong province, gold stars and black marks have begun to shape public and private behavior.
Jan 23, 2019 / René Raphael and Ling Xi
Sherrod Brown Is the Real Deal—Could He Win It All in 2020? Sherrod Brown Is the Real Deal—Could He Win It All in 2020?
What’s the Ohio senator’s greatest appeal among grassroots Democrats? Authenticity, with a long track record of defending workers and fighting Wall Street and corporate power.
Jan 11, 2019 / William Greider
’Tis the Season to Renew and Expand the US Postal Service ’Tis the Season to Renew and Expand the US Postal Service
Threatened by Trump and the GOP with privatization schemes, the postal service is a treasure than must be saved.
Dec 28, 2018 / John Nichols