The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now
The greatest mistake would be to repeat our errors from the Great Recession.
Mar 19, 2020 / Mike Konczal
Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity
The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”
Mar 18, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe
Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt
Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.
Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams
With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
We’re seeing the steady erosion of everything familiar, the implosion of communal space, the sense that everyone, every surface, could be the enemy.
Mar 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Sunday Night’s Debate Failed the Coronavirus Test Sunday Night’s Debate Failed the Coronavirus Test
Biden and Sanders should have stolen a page from Andrew Yang and promised to give money to hard-hit Americans.
Mar 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19 Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19
We can’t address a pandemic without eliminating economic hurdles to public health.
Mar 13, 2020 / John Nichols
A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy
How the government should act when public health concerns are economic ones, too.
Mar 12, 2020 / Joelle Gamble
Joe Biden Personifies Democratic Party Failures Since the Cold War Joe Biden Personifies Democratic Party Failures Since the Cold War
The Democratic Party needs to escape the shadow of anti-communism and embrace economic and racial justice.
Mar 11, 2020 / Michael Brenes
Biden Prevails, Even Though Voters Prefer Bernie’s Ideas Biden Prevails, Even Though Voters Prefer Bernie’s Ideas
Voters favor a government plan instead of private insurance—and a lot of them want to overhaul the economic system. But Biden keeps winning.
Mar 11, 2020 / John Nichols
Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform
The senator should chair a supercharged platform committee and lead in the forging of an agenda for big, bold structural change.
Mar 6, 2020 / John Nichols