Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis
The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.
Apr 7, 2011 / CNN
Time for Fair Share Politics Time for Fair Share Politics
Join fellow progressives in actions around the country calling for a different kind of budget debate.
Mar 31, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Women Under the Budget Knife Women Under the Budget Knife
Despite all the talk of shared sacrifice, the drastic slashes to public sector jobs and social programs will hurt women the most.
Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Are There No Standards for Punditry? Are There No Standards for Punditry?
Thanks to cable news, discredited experts and government officials are regularly reborn as trusted authorities.
Mar 29, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama in Latin America: Brazilian Ethanol, Washington Bombs and Venezuelan Nukes Obama in Latin America: Brazilian Ethanol, Washington Bombs and Venezuelan Nukes
Obama asks for Brazil’s help in solving US domestic problems, but offers little in return.
Mar 21, 2011 / Greg Grandin
We Are All Wisconsinites Now We Are All Wisconsinites Now
How can the pro-worker movement born in the streets of Madison be nurtured into a national force?
Mar 17, 2011 / The Editors
Beyond Austerity Beyond Austerity
Deficit mania is built on a series of destructive neoliberal myths.
Mar 16, 2011 / Feature / William Mitchell
Sound Bites for a Sick Britain Sound Bites for a Sick Britain
David Cameron’s coalition is prescribing the economic policy equivalent of leeches.
Mar 16, 2011 / Feature / Aditya Chakrabortty
Cutbacks Come to Liverpool Cutbacks Come to Liverpool
The government is making life immeasurably harder for some of the country’s poorest people.
Mar 16, 2011 / Feature / Jennifer O’Mahony
The Next Big Housing Crisis? The Next Big Housing Crisis?
Second-lien debt could be a greater threat to bank solvency than the subprime disaster of 2008.