RIP, World Trade Organization? RIP, World Trade Organization?
The United States was hostile to the WTO for years. Then came Donald Trump.
Dec 9, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker
Don’t Mess With French Pensions Don’t Mess With French Pensions
Emmanuel Macron’s latest bugbear: a million angry French citizens striking against his proposed pension reforms.
Dec 6, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh
Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program
This man’s cruelty is boundless. He also just appointed as his homelessness czar a man who tried to get cities to ban charities from feeding the homeless.
Dec 6, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020? What if Democrats Have Already Won Back Enough White Working-Class Voters to Win in 2020?
Since the 1980s, Democratic candidates have proven that they can win elections while losing whites without a college degree by a significant margin.
Dec 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives? Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives?
The real threats are Trump and the GOP.
Dec 3, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letters From the December 16/23, 2019, Issue Letters From the December 16/23, 2019, Issue
Off base… “Can’t” versus “won’t”…
Dec 3, 2019 / Our Readers, Kelly Candaele, and Peter Dreier
Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho Anti-Abortion Extremism Goes Full Psycho
An Ohio House bill would require doctors to perform a procedure that is medically impossible—or face murder charges. Other bills just as nutty are being enacted across the country.
Dec 3, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Rural America Has a Young People Problem Rural America Has a Young People Problem
Democratic politics will lose all remaining connection with rural areas of the country if young people leave home and never come back.
Nov 29, 2019 / Karen Rothmyer
The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible
Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today’s critics of neoliberal capitalism.
Nov 29, 2019 / Mark Engler
20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On 20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On
Alter-globalization is back— but this time, it’s coming from both the left and the right.
Nov 29, 2019 / Quinn Slobodian