The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California” The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”
Poverty isn’t an individual choice—it’s a collective one. And just as we choose to perpetuate it, we can choose to abolish it.
Feb 23, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Time for Young People to Demand a Solution to the Student Debt Crisis It’s Time for Young People to Demand a Solution to the Student Debt Crisis
Student body leaders representing over 1 million people recently urged President Biden to cancel student debt. Now is the moment to join them.
Feb 22, 2022 / StudentNation / Brendan Rooks and Orlando Cabalo
The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits
Democrats are failing to speak to the realities of the economic moment—and it could cost them in the midterms.
Feb 21, 2022 / John Nichols
How the Left Should Think About Inflation How the Left Should Think About Inflation
There is no compelling reason to raise interest rates, now or later.
Feb 18, 2022 / James K. Galbraith for The Nation
Letters From the March 7/14, 2022, Issue Letters From the March 7/14, 2022, Issue
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Feb 17, 2022 / Our Readers
Bernie Sanders’s Smart Take on NATO, Ukraine, and Diplomatic Options Bernie Sanders’s Smart Take on NATO, Ukraine, and Diplomatic Options
“A simplistic refusal to recognize the complex roots of the tensions in the region undermines the ability of negotiators to reach a peaceful resolution,” said the Vermont senator.
Feb 15, 2022 / John Nichols
Honoring Shirley Chisholm and the History She Made 50 Years Ago Honoring Shirley Chisholm and the History She Made 50 Years Ago
“It was because of Shirley Chisholm, I am, and because of Shirley Chisholm, Kamala Harris is,” said Representative Barbara Lee in a tribute to the trailblazing visionary.
Feb 14, 2022 / John Nichols
Nina Turner Is Still Mad As Hell, and Running for Congress (Again) Nina Turner Is Still Mad As Hell, and Running for Congress (Again)
If you thought the former Ohio state senator and Bernie Sanders surrogate was going to quietly fade into the background after her primary loss last year, think again.
Feb 11, 2022 / A. Bryan Johnson
Congressional Staffers Are Organizing a Much-Needed Union Congressional Staffers Are Organizing a Much-Needed Union
Members of Congress need to activate key provisions of the Congressional Accountability Act for the organizing effort to move forward.
Feb 11, 2022 / John Nichols
It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard It’s Time for Black Experts to Be Heard
Over a decade after the Great Recession, key institutions are still not listening to warnings from Black scholars on a range of issues. The time for excuses is over.
Feb 7, 2022 / Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman