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Graduation Students

Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It. Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It.

No young person should be condemned to debt for pursuing the higher education or technical training that virtually everyone agrees is vital to this nation’s future.

Jun 19, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is to Deliver a Commonsense Plan to Save the Postal Service Bernie Sanders Is to Deliver a Commonsense Plan to Save the Postal Service

The senator is calling on the Trump administration to strengthen the agency, not sell it off.

Jun 7, 2018 / Jake Bittle

Homelessness in Silicon Valley

The Economic Numbers Are Cheery, but Don’t Believe the Hype The Economic Numbers Are Cheery, but Don’t Believe the Hype

If there is not a dramatic turn in course, the next downturn will erase what gains there have been and leave most Americans in worse straits.

Jun 5, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Schumer and Democrats

Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War

The Democrats’ failure to advance a bold progressive alternative to President Trump’s belligerent policies and bloated defense budgets is a huge missed opportunity.

May 29, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Medicare for All crowd

The Democratic Wave Won’t Crest Without Progressive Insurgents The Democratic Wave Won’t Crest Without Progressive Insurgents

The progressive base of the Democratic Party is revolting against the centrist, big-money politics that have proved so ruinous.

May 22, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

ICE arrest

Trump’s Brutal Policies Target the Most Vulnerable Americans Trump’s Brutal Policies Target the Most Vulnerable Americans

The administration is using the pretense of fiscal responsibility to slash programs for the poor and people of color.

May 15, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

B-52 releases MOP

Progressives Need a New Way to Talk About National Security Progressives Need a New Way to Talk About National Security

Voters say they support cuts in defense spending—Democrats should, too.

May 11, 2018 / Feature / Joe Cirincione and Guy T. Saperstein

Donald Trump Speaks During an Event at the White House

Trump’s Tweets Aren’t the Real Scandal Trump’s Tweets Aren’t the Real Scandal

The spectacle of the Trump administration distracts us from deeper corruption.

May 8, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

France Goes Off the Rails

France Goes Off the Rails France Goes Off the Rails

The government’s proposed railway reforms will force yet more traffic onto the country’s overcrowded roads, even as people in the provinces and regions lose mobility, convenience, ...

May 3, 2018 / Benoît Duteurtre

Postal Service Protest

In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing

Cutbacks have created a labor shortage at smaller stations, and mail carriers are struggling to do their jobs.

May 3, 2018 / Jake Bittle

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