Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers
This federal sea change in policy comes after years of efforts by Western states to reimagine their social safety nets.
Mar 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy
The American Rescue Plan goes beyond Covid relief to address the deep inequities the pandemic revealed. Will those changes be a Band-Aid, or heal a broken system?
Mar 11, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have
When eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus blocked a wage hike, they endangered Democratic prospects in 2022.
Mar 9, 2021 / John Nichols
Letters From the March 22/29, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 22/29, 2021, Issue
Time to choose again… The rule of lawbreakers… Hitchens and faith…
Mar 9, 2021 / Our Readers
VP Harris, Maybe You Were Elected for Such a Time as This VP Harris, Maybe You Were Elected for Such a Time as This
The Byrd rule is not in the Constitution. It’s not what you swore to uphold.
Mar 2, 2021 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
$15 an Hour Is the Compromise $15 an Hour Is the Compromise
Biden and the Democrats need to deliver on the wage hike they promised—by any means necessary. Anything less is a moral and political failure.
Mar 2, 2021 / John Nichols
Cutting Down Our Future Cutting Down Our Future
No infinite growth on a finite planet.
Feb 26, 2021 / OppArt / Michele Guieu
We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health
Our primary focus should be on improving the lives of our most marginalized—and without an arbitrary price tag.
Feb 25, 2021 / Jhumpa Bhattacharya and Andrea Flynn
Freedom From Poverty Should Be a Human Right Freedom From Poverty Should Be a Human Right
Human rights mean little if millions of people still lack a home, food, or way to make a living.
Feb 18, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
What the Congressional Budget Office Doesn’t Get What the Congressional Budget Office Doesn’t Get
About a $15-an-hour minimum wage, unemployment, and why a low-wage economy is bad for everyone.
Feb 17, 2021 / Marshall Auerback and Albena Azmanova