Why Democrats Should Fight for the Right to a Good Job Why Democrats Should Fight for the Right to a Good Job
With inequality reaching new heights, the idea of a government-guaranteed living wage is gaining steam among progressives.
Apr 10, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report
A new history recovers the forgotten legacy and radical implications of the Kerner Commission.
Apr 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones
Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right? Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?
His apocalyptic rhetoric is a hit among voters anxious about national identity and suspicious of the EU.
Apr 5, 2018 / Feature / Sebastiaan Faber
In Marx’s Republic In Marx’s Republic
Did Capital offer us visions of freedom as well as domination?
Apr 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban
Don’t Let Big and Dark Money ‘Drown Out the Truth and Drown Out Your Voice’ Don’t Let Big and Dark Money ‘Drown Out the Truth and Drown Out Your Voice’
The cost of elections today increases the power of the privileged few while diminishing that of working Americans and, as such, harms democracy itself.
Apr 3, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Wonder Teachers Are Saying Enough Is Enough No Wonder Teachers Are Saying Enough Is Enough
Public-school teachers around the country have been asked to do more with less.
Mar 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Bryce Covert
What Can Democrats Learn From Robert F. Kennedy’s Presidential Campaign? What Can Democrats Learn From Robert F. Kennedy’s Presidential Campaign?
Liberals need to find a way to appeal to white working-class voters without betraying their principles.
Mar 28, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved
Law schools are trying to address this chronic underfunding, but there needs to be a broader rallying cry.
Mar 22, 2018 / Douglas Grant
Letters From the April 16, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 16, 2018, Issue
Beyond #MeToo… A place to be… After Parkland… A scandal [web only]…
Mar 21, 2018 / Our Readers
‘The Social Ladder Is Broken’: Hope and Despair in the French Banlieues ‘The Social Ladder Is Broken’: Hope and Despair in the French Banlieues
Emmanuel Macron promised to reduce urban inequality, but his policies are out of touch with the impoverished reality on Paris’s periphery.
Mar 21, 2018 / Karina Piser