Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality
His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes.
May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte
Can Anything Good Come of de Blasio’s Quixotic Quest for President? Can Anything Good Come of de Blasio’s Quixotic Quest for President?
New York’s mayor has delivered some real, progressive change—which is why he should remain focused on improving the lives of people in his city.
May 16, 2019 / Jarrett Murphy
Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class
If there’s a tax-evasion problem, it festers at the top of our income scale. Yet the IRS too often expends its precious resources going after the poor.
May 16, 2019 / Bryce Covert
Economic Security Should Be Lifelong Economic Security Should Be Lifelong
The US government already has the means to assure lifelong financial stability to all Americans. Here’s how we can make it happen.
May 15, 2019 / Peter Barnes
Washington State Has Created the Nation’s First Social-Insurance Program for Long-Term Care Washington State Has Created the Nation’s First Social-Insurance Program for Long-Term Care
When Americans age or need help with the basic tasks of living, they often have no one to turn to but their family members. A groundbreaking program in Washington will change that ...
May 13, 2019 / Bryce Covert
Joe Biden Is a Bad Bet Joe Biden Is a Bad Bet
Far from being the safest choice, Biden lacks the economic vision necessary to counter Trump.
May 10, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump Has A New Solution for Poverty: Pretend Poor People Don’t Exist Trump Has A New Solution for Poverty: Pretend Poor People Don’t Exist
A proposal to redefine “poverty” would throw potentially millions of low-income people out of government-assistance programs.
May 10, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back
For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.
May 10, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible
America’s broken health-care system extorts its patients just so they can access a basic human right.
May 9, 2019 / Beverly Gologorsky
A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind A Reporter’s Long, Strange Trip Into the Darkest Parts of the American Mind
In Republic of Lies, Anna Merlan documents our age of conspiracy.
May 9, 2019 / Talia Lavin