Economics

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The Racist Right Looks Left The Racist Right Looks Left

At Richard Spencer’s secret conference, white supremacists denounce corporate capitalism.

Dec 8, 2017 / Donna Minkowitz

UNITE HERE hotel workers

Stopping Sexual Abuse on the Job Begins With Empowering Workers Stopping Sexual Abuse on the Job Begins With Empowering Workers

Across the world, workers are unionizing to hold corporations accountable for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

Dec 7, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm

A massive muckrakers conference celebrates triumphs—and plots new targets.

Dec 6, 2017 / Mark Schapiro

Rev. William Barber Moral Mondays

A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality

In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.

Dec 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gitmo

What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo

A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.

Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson

Poor People’s Campaign

10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign 10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

Inspired by an initiative cut short by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moral leaders are planning a wave of civil disobedience.

Dec 4, 2017 / Sarah Anderson

Mitch McConnell

Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can

They know a backlash is coming, and they’re making the most of their power while they have it.

Dec 2, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Bannon and Cohn

Steve Bannon and Members of Trump’s Inner Circle Stash Investments in Offshore Tax Havens Steve Bannon and Members of Trump’s Inner Circle Stash Investments in Offshore Tax Havens

So much for “America first.”

Dec 1, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny

Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny

But Republicans want to funnel savings to the rich—not renters, who could use the help.

Dec 1, 2017 / Bryce Covert

Pittsburgh reservoir

Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business

For Pittsburgh, help from the private sector came at the cost of public health.

Nov 30, 2017 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

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