Want to Defend Democracy? Start With Your Public Library. Want to Defend Democracy? Start With Your Public Library.
Public libraries are critical within the public sphere and, when fully supported, represent the best of government at work.
Sep 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The IMF’s ‘Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience’ The IMF’s ‘Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience’
The reforms to the IMF since the global financial crisis have amounted to window dressing.
Sep 14, 2018 / Lauren Carasik
Expanding the Pipeline for Progressive Talent Expanding the Pipeline for Progressive Talent
If Democrats win big in November, they will need an infusion of new policy staffers.
Sep 14, 2018 / James Carden
Death by a Thousand Charges: A Q&A With Devin Fergus Death by a Thousand Charges: A Q&A With Devin Fergus
The author of Land of the Fee discusses wealth extraction through charges, fines, and interest.
Sep 14, 2018 / Q&A / Susie Cagle
How Do We Close the Wage Gap? By Finally Imposing the Rule of Law on Corporations How Do We Close the Wage Gap? By Finally Imposing the Rule of Law on Corporations
If Zephyr Teachout becomes New York’s attorney general, she will use the full power of the office to fight pay discrimination.
Sep 13, 2018 / John Nichols
The Rise of the Inequality Industry The Rise of the Inequality Industry
Since 2008, wonks, politicians, poets, and bankers have all started talking about inequality. But are they interested in making us more equal?
Sep 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Why Loan Sharks, Car Salesmen, and Payday Lenders Love Mick Mulvaney Why Loan Sharks, Car Salesmen, and Payday Lenders Love Mick Mulvaney
Trump’s pick to protect consumers is throwing students and members of the military under the bus.
Sep 13, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick
How Bad Is Trump for the Environment? How Bad Is Trump for the Environment?
Bill McKibben on the polluter in chief, Steve Phillips on moderate Republicans, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the inequality industry.
Sep 13, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy ‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy
Is anti-tourist sentiment code for classism, racism, and xenophobia, or a legitimate concern over a city's capacity to accommodate visitors?
Sep 12, 2018 / Jessica Loudis
Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies. Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies.
Democrats would be wise to focus not just on Trump’s inanities but also on the real damage that he and his Republican allies are doing to our country.
Sep 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel