Economics

Suffocating in Plastic

Suffocating in Plastic Suffocating in Plastic

Devoured by pollution

Jul 9, 2021 / OppArt / Glen Gerrard

MacKenzie Scott

Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New Good Billionaire Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New Good Billionaire

With Bill Gates in disgrace, oligarchy's apologists have been pushing Scott as a replacement. But is Jeff Bezos's ex-wife really an improvement?

Jul 9, 2021 / Tim Schwab

Union picket

How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table

A new report from Berkeley is a rare piece of good news for American labor—and a bracing reminder of what real organizing looks like.

Jul 8, 2021 / Sam Gindin

Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

Stop the Enbridge Ecocide! Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

From Minnesota to Massachusetts, the Canadian pipeline company is engaged in crimes against humanity and the earth—abetted by state power.

Jul 6, 2021 / Wen Stephenson

American Flag

The Willful Self-Delusion of American Independence Day The Willful Self-Delusion of American Independence Day

The United States has endeavored toward but rarely lived up to ideals. Enough is enough.

Jul 2, 2021 / Salih Booker and Diana Ohlbaum

A medical assistant takes a patient's blood pressure

Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead

The Biden administration is not letting them go into effect while it has a say.

Jul 1, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal?

How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal? How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal?

A new history of Boston’s schools reminds us how the brittle vision of whom and what education serves has long been defined by managers and employers instead of the educators who d...

Jun 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Megan Erickson

Joe Biden Presidency

These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go

Joe Biden has already given us a sense of what to expect from this administration—and what we should worry about.

Jun 29, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

India Walton

The Political Revolution Comes to… Buffalo? The Political Revolution Comes to… Buffalo?

The stunning victory of socialist challenger India Walton over the city’s four-term incumbent has ignited a revolution here—if she can keep it.

Jun 28, 2021 / Geoff Kelly

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