Sweatshops Won’t Help the World’s Poor, but Unions Could Sweatshops Won’t Help the World’s Poor, but Unions Could
Influential liberals said low-paid manufacturing jobs would help the Global South. They were wrong then—and they’re especially wrong now.
Sep 15, 2021 / James North
Cutting the $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Would Be Political Malpractice Cutting the $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Would Be Political Malpractice
Joe Manchin’s lobbyist-influenced advice threatens to ruin Democratic chances in 2022.
Sep 13, 2021 / John Nichols
When It Rains in Detroit When It Rains in Detroit
Even an ordinary rainfall in the Motor City can prompt devastating floods, turning the fortunes of many upside down.
Sep 10, 2021 / Bilal Baydoun
What Do You Think This Is, Earth Prime? What Do You Think This Is, Earth Prime?
That’s the one where all the problems keep not getting fixed.
Sep 8, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
What Is Owed What Is Owed
William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations.
Sep 8, 2021 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones
The Fight for the Federal Reserve The Fight for the Federal Reserve
The left is split on whether President Biden should reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair or replace him with someone more aggressive on climate change.
Sep 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez
When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens? When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens?
The initial decision by OnlyFans to ban porn illustrates how ostensibly legal online sex work is, in reality, criminalized.
Sep 6, 2021 / Emily Coombes
The New New Deal? The New New Deal?
Bernie Sanders says the Democratic caucus’s budget will be “the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor” since...
Sep 6, 2021 / John Nichols
There Is No Greater Threat to Worker Rights Than This Republican Party There Is No Greater Threat to Worker Rights Than This Republican Party
Despite what it says, the GOP is the party of capital, not labor.
Sep 3, 2021 / John Nichols
Sotomayor’s Defiant Dissent Sotomayor’s Defiant Dissent
In her blistering dissent, the Supreme Court justice calls out her conservative colleagues’ breathtaking disregard of precedent and the Constitution.
Sep 3, 2021 / Justice Sonia Sotomayor