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The Populism Problem at the ‘Times’ The Populism Problem at the ‘Times’

The paper of record needs to remember that it’s not exclusively a right-wing phenomenon.

Jan 9, 2019 / Michael Massing

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Who Gets Hurt When the Government Shuts Down? Who Gets Hurt When the Government Shuts Down?

The people who rely on the government for food, housing, and their paychecks.

Jan 9, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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Why the Ideas Primary Matters Why the Ideas Primary Matters

What’s important now is to hold the media accountable for reporting on the substance of the ideas fairly, not simply on the glitz and gossip of the campaigns.

Jan 8, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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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

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Erdogan’s War on Workers Erdogan’s War on Workers

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent extends to the country’s fractured labor movement.

Dec 28, 2018 / Cole Stangler

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Who’s Leading the Next Unionization Charge? That’s Right: Florida. Who’s Leading the Next Unionization Charge? That’s Right: Florida.

The Service Employees International Union is poised to represent half of all adjunct faculty in the “right to work” state’s public-school system.

Dec 20, 2018 / StudentNation / Jake Bittle

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Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue

Beyond family… Fox lite… One more lesson… No nukes are good nukes… Laying waste…

Dec 20, 2018 / Our Readers

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Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal

It’s smart politics and smart policy—and it’s enormously popular with the public.

Dec 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Jazmine Headley’s Arrest Exposes the Punitive Design of Public Assistance Jazmine Headley’s Arrest Exposes the Punitive Design of Public Assistance

Welfare offices are the public face of a system designed to control, surveil, and penalize low-income women.

Dec 14, 2018 / Mariana Chilton

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

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