Larry Summers Is Still Worth Ignoring Larry Summers Is Still Worth Ignoring
Shut out of power, the onetime wunderkind tries to grab the spotlight with an attention-getting argument.
Feb 8, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules. Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.
Changes in IP have done far more than tax cuts to increase inequality—and US protection of IP could lead to a cold war with China.
Feb 8, 2021 / Dean Baker
First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care
Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the fight not only to treat the sick but also to fix our ailing medical system.
Feb 8, 2021 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
A New Era of Hope A New Era of Hope
The Biden-Harris administration is the beginning of the rebuilding of democracy.
Feb 5, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Democrats Need to Make Good on Their Promises Democrats Need to Make Good on Their Promises
Improving people’s financial well-being is good politics.
Feb 5, 2021 / Bryce Covert
Vaccine Shortage Vaccine Shortage
The impact of the shortage of Covid vaccines adds to the inequity in access and distribution.
Feb 4, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Who Gets Vaccinated First? Who Gets Vaccinated First?
The imbalance hurts everyone.
Feb 3, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
Biden Doesn’t Need and Shouldn’t Want the Votes of the Sedition Caucus or the Obstructionists Biden Doesn’t Need and Shouldn’t Want the Votes of the Sedition Caucus or the Obstructionists
The presidents and the Democrats have a mandate to govern.
Feb 3, 2021 / John Nichols
Student Debt Relief Is Back on the Table Student Debt Relief Is Back on the Table
With a Democratic majority in both chambers, Biden has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide immediate financial relief to millions of Americans.
Feb 3, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian