Economic Policy

Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over

Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over

Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.

Apr 20, 2017 / Bryce Covert

Carrier workers

Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own

Trump’s tax break was not enough. Truly addressing the plight of the American working class means confronting the problems of global capitalism.

Apr 20, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

donald trump buy american

Donald Trump’s ‘Buy American’ Initiative Is a Lie Donald Trump’s ‘Buy American’ Initiative Is a Lie

His executive order is full of loopholes designed to protect Wall Street and multinational corporations—at the expense of American workers.

Apr 19, 2017 / John Nichols

Protest outside Chase

As the Rest of Us Pay Our Taxes, Demand That Wall Street Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share As the Rest of Us Pay Our Taxes, Demand That Wall Street Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share

The Trump administration wants to give the 1 percent even more of a break. 

Apr 18, 2017 / NationAction

Bernie Sanders

The Democratic Party Must Finally Abandon Centrism The Democratic Party Must Finally Abandon Centrism

Bernie Sanders and Tom Perez are working together to build a party that puts economic populism at the top of the agenda.

Apr 17, 2017 / John Nichols

Wall Street sign

Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street

The Trump administration is coming after an Obama-era regulation that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.

Apr 14, 2017 / NationAction

Wall Street Sign

This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year

That money could be a whole lot better used.

Apr 12, 2017 / Robert Greenwald and Charles Khan

Race and Racism in Cuba

Just a Few Hundred Miles From Mar-a-Lago, the View of Trump Is Very Different Just a Few Hundred Miles From Mar-a-Lago, the View of Trump Is Very Different

A trip to Cuba reminds us of the delicate nature of American politics.

Apr 11, 2017 / Mattea Kramer

Brexit

The Far Right Finally Has Brexit—and It’s Making a Royal Mess of It The Far Right Finally Has Brexit—and It’s Making a Royal Mess of It

Just like the Republicans, the UK right doesn’t know what to do when it gets what it wants.

Apr 7, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Donald Trump

Don’t Let Trump Off the Hook by Saying He’s Incompetent Don’t Let Trump Off the Hook by Saying He’s Incompetent

He never really cared about economic populism in the first place. 

Apr 5, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

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