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Paul Polman

Big Business Has a New Scam: The ‘Purpose Paradigm’ Big Business Has a New Scam: The ‘Purpose Paradigm’

Multinational corporations are luring millennial workers with empty promises and self-serving slogans.

Jan 4, 2019 / Maria Hengeveld

USPS Trucks

’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

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, speaks to reporters

The Trouble With Patrick Shanahan The Trouble With Patrick Shanahan

A 31-year Boeing employee, member of the Boeing Executive Council, and the embodiment of the military-industrial complex will soon be running the Pentagon. 

Dec 27, 2018 / John Nichols

Amazon

Is This the Turning Point in the Fight Against Amazon? Is This the Turning Point in the Fight Against Amazon?

New fronts against the mega-retailers brutal business practices are opening up all the time.

Dec 21, 2018 / Michelle Chen

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

Progressives must fight strategically to improve it—if they don’t, the consequences could be devastating.

Dec 21, 2018 / Feature / Lori Wallach

zimbabwe empty bread shelves

Zimbabwe Has 5 Currencies but No Plan to Address Its Crisis Zimbabwe Has 5 Currencies but No Plan to Address Its Crisis

How can Zimbabwe recover from 80,000,000,000 percent inflation?

Dec 21, 2018 / Nanjala Nyabola

Central Banks Versus the People

Central Banks Versus the People Central Banks Versus the People

World leaders remain oblivious to the long-term dangers of inequality.

Dec 14, 2018 / Nomi Prins

Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey

Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey

The former Greek finance minister is on a quest to unite the global left.

Dec 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Sanders Institute Gathering

The Ideas Primary The Ideas Primary

US presidential contests may seem never-ending, but if the debate is about policy—instead of personality—is that such a bad thing?

Dec 10, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

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Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue

The perils of make-work… Government workers, unite!… The edible is political (web-only)…

Dec 6, 2018 / Our Readers and Jon Wiener

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