Economics

Homecare worker gives client pills

Home-Care Workers Are Now Protected by Minimum-Wage Laws Home-Care Workers Are Now Protected by Minimum-Wage Laws

Are you surprised they weren’t before?

Jul 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Seattle Drivers Union

A New Law Is Letting Uber Drivers Unionize A New Law Is Letting Uber Drivers Unionize

After ride-hailing companies descended on Seattle and began slashing drivers’ pay, the City Council stepped in with a novel solution.

Jul 1, 2016 / Mike O’Brien

In This Corner of Washington, the Only Ideology Is ‘Money’

In This Corner of Washington, the Only Ideology Is ‘Money’ In This Corner of Washington, the Only Ideology Is ‘Money’

Politico’s daily newsletter Influence describes every squeaking turn of the revolving door with a certain admiration.

Jul 1, 2016 / Thomas Frank

Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need

Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need

In India, school funding is sorely lacking, but Teach for India just wants to transform attitudes.

Jul 1, 2016 / Feature / George Joseph

You Tell Us—How Can Progressives Continue to Build a Political Revolution?

You Tell Us—How Can Progressives Continue to Build a Political Revolution? You Tell Us—How Can Progressives Continue to Build a Political Revolution?

What are the key battles ahead?

Jun 30, 2016 / The Editors

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

Ari Berman on the GOP’s war on voting rights, Zoë Carpenter on the Supreme Court and abortion, and D.D. Guttenplan on Brexit and Trump.

Jun 30, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

London at dawn

Britain Is in Danger of Becoming a Zombie State Britain Is in Danger of Becoming a Zombie State

There is one path back from the abyss—but it’s a narrow one.

Jun 29, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Nigel Farage at the European Parliament

The 2 Things Britain Can’t Leave in the EU The 2 Things Britain Can’t Leave in the EU

Hint: They’re both real problems that Brexit has likely worsened.

Jun 28, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge

Black Lives Matter

The Other ‘Political Revolution’ Growing in Washington The Other ‘Political Revolution’ Growing in Washington

Black feminists have moved a big idea that is breaking up the Beltway’s neoliberal consensus.

Jun 28, 2016 / Dorian T. Warren

An ISIS flag in Lebanon

ISIS Is a Symptom, Not the Cause, of the Middle East’s Disintegration ISIS Is a Symptom, Not the Cause, of the Middle East’s Disintegration

And other vital lessons the US security establishment has not learned.

Jun 28, 2016 / Patrick Cockburn

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