The Planet Is Burning The Planet Is Burning
And the US’s habits of primacy are a key reason why.
Dec 7, 2023 / Sarang Shidore
Why Don't Americans Believe in Science? Why Don't Americans Believe in Science?
When medicine doesn’t focus on prevention, anti-vaccination rhetoric flourishes. It’s time to address the system.
Nov 30, 2023 / Philip Eil
You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek
It’s time for Americans to claw their lives back from work.
Nov 24, 2023 / Bryce Covert
In Defense of the 30-Year Mortgage In Defense of the 30-Year Mortgage
A recent New York Times column argued that the long term fixed-rate loan popular with US homebuyers is unfair to banks. In fact the arrangement—a fruit of the New Deal—is somethin...
Nov 23, 2023 / James K. Galbraith
The Devastating Wars Abroad Are Windfalls for Weapons Manufacturers The Devastating Wars Abroad Are Windfalls for Weapons Manufacturers
Your tax dollars are being squandered in the rush to build and sell ever more weaponry for ongoing wars.
Nov 23, 2023 / William D. Hartung
Argentina’s Chainsaw Massacre Election Argentina’s Chainsaw Massacre Election
A far-right libertarian and dictatorship apologist is about to become the nation’s next president. It’s a victory that the United States helped enable.
Nov 21, 2023 / Jacob Sugarman
How Pinochet’s Chile Became a Laboratory for Neoliberalism How Pinochet’s Chile Became a Laboratory for Neoliberalism
A new book examines how a group of University of Chicago–trained economists sought to remake the Chilean economy in the aftermath of 1973.
Nov 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Vincent Bevins
In America, Funding War Is a Smart Investment—but Providing Healthcare Isn’t In America, Funding War Is a Smart Investment—but Providing Healthcare Isn’t
Why isn’t Biden, who chafes at the suggestion that our superpowers might be insufficient to sustain two wars, more indignant that caring for people is our kryptonite?
Nov 10, 2023 / Kali Holloway
The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson The Folksy Fanaticism of Mike Johnson
The new speaker of the House combines Christian nationalism and MAGA.
Nov 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix Supply-Side Liberals Keep Peddling the Fossil Fuel Fix
“As long as they can get away with it, they will continue to invest in fossil fuels,” climate activist Greta Thunberg warned earlier this year. “They will continue to throw people…
Nov 2, 2023 / Hannah Story Brown and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis