The Plan to Save Our Economy The Plan to Save Our Economy
By curbing corporate power and reinvigorating the public sector, we can create an economic and political system that works for everyone.
Apr 15, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands
Questions about conflicts of interest and transparency shadow newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.
Apr 12, 2019 / Adam Federman
Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos Halle Butler’s Millennial Workplace Novel Has All the Precarity and None of the Pathos
The New Me and other recent novels use millennial tropes as shortcuts to generational fatigue.
Apr 11, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Katie Bloom
It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business
For Rupert and his sons, the press has always been the prime weapon in their power-seeking agenda.
Apr 11, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold
But if the salad giant is so woke, why are 95 percent of its shops in majority white neighborhoods?
Apr 10, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People The ‘Best Economy’ Ever Isn’t Working for Working People
Trumpism has failed Americans even at the height of the recovery.
Apr 2, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines? Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines?
Prescription drugs can cost 80 percent less in Canada, Australia, and the UK—why isn’t the FDA supporting safe importation?
Apr 1, 2019 / Gabriel Levitt
Declining Federal Oversight of Workplace Safety Could Have Fatal Consequences Declining Federal Oversight of Workplace Safety Could Have Fatal Consequences
A drop in federal safety inspectors has coincided with an increase in deaths in workplaces monitored by OSHA.
Mar 27, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Ending the NCAA’s Tax Exemption Should Be a Slam Dunk Ending the NCAA’s Tax Exemption Should Be a Slam Dunk
The NCAA is a billion-dollar a year media company, and it should pay its taxes.
Mar 27, 2019 / Ronald Katz
How the World Bank Can Stop Funding Disaster How the World Bank Can Stop Funding Disaster
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the World Bank can be sued, what’s next for the organization?
Mar 21, 2019 / Komala Ramachandra and Erika Lennon