Economics

Lunar New Year Celebration

This Lunar New Year, Demand Solidarity This Lunar New Year, Demand Solidarity

As tension with China continues to mount, it’s time for Chinese Americans to become a more powerful force for progressive change.

Jan 24, 2020 / Tobita Chow

How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail.

How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail. How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail.

The move proves that revolutionary change is possible.

Jan 24, 2020 / John Nichols

Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad

Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad

We talked to the philosopher about her recent book The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal and her thoughts on contemporary global politics.

Jan 22, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Is Anti-Monopolism Enough?

Is Anti-Monopolism Enough? Is Anti-Monopolism Enough?

In Goliath, Matt Stoller argues that US history has been defined by a struggle between monopoly and democracy, but to understand inequality today requires engaging with questions o...

Jan 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant

It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day

Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.

Jan 17, 2020 / Mark Engler

Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game

Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game

Instead of accepting Trump’s trade deal and compromises on saving the planet, Sanders said in Tuesday’s debate, “We need some corporate responsibility here.”

Jan 15, 2020 / John Nichols

New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs

New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs

The measure could tip the scales in favor of keeping stores and factories open and people employed.

Jan 15, 2020 / Bryce Covert

Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty

The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in economics represent a new strain of neoliberal thought.

Jan 15, 2020 / Aparna Gopalan

Cory Booker Kavanaugh hearing

Cory We Hardly Knew Ye Cory We Hardly Knew Ye

Democratic candidates have had some nice things to say about the senator who just left the race. What they need to say is that they are all in for his fight on behalf of criminal j...

Jan 14, 2020 / John Nichols

Trump Cabinet meeting

Trump Has Betrayed His Voters Trump Has Betrayed His Voters

By the president’s accounting, his accomplishments are legion. But the truth tells a different story.

Jan 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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