Economics

20 People Now Own As Much Wealth as Half of All Americans

20 People Now Own As Much Wealth as Half of All Americans 20 People Now Own As Much Wealth as Half of All Americans

The US is caught in a vicious cycle, with rising political inequality driving an ever-rising concentration of wealth at the top.

Dec 3, 2015 / Joshua Holland

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris

On this week’s podcast, Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine and the Paris climate protests, Katha Pollitt on Europe’s refugee crisis, Eric Foner on Woodrow Wilson’s racism, and Joan ...

Dec 3, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Sylvester Stallone (left) as Rocky Balboa and Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson in Creed.

Rocky Without Reaganism Rocky Without Reaganism

Creed offers a surprisingly daring depiction of the Rocky universe as seen from the other side of the tracks.

Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Myanmar nationals hold up their passports outside the embassy of Myanmar in Singapore

Flattened for a Price Flattened for a Price

In her new book The Cosmopolites, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian explores the evolution of citizenship and the rise of a new form of statelessness.

Dec 2, 2015 / Fatima Bhutto

How Debt Collectors Ruin Lives

How Debt Collectors Ruin Lives How Debt Collectors Ruin Lives

They can dock your pay and ruin your credit—and the industry has only grown in recent years.

Dec 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen

December 2, 2001: Enron Files for Bankruptcy

December 2, 2001: Enron Files for Bankruptcy December 2, 2001: Enron Files for Bankruptcy

“Nobody ever said capitalism was pretty.”

Dec 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The Power of Moral Mondays

The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays

Reverend Barber’s multi-racial movement for justice.

Dec 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor

In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor In South Korea, a Dictator’s Daughter Cracks Down on Labor

The government has banned a massive rally scheduled for this weekend, but activists are vowing to defy the order.

Dec 1, 2015 / Tim Shorrock

Police lead suspected shooter Dylann Roof, 21, into the courthouse in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.

How to Understand White Male Terrorism How to Understand White Male Terrorism

We’ve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.

Nov 30, 2015 / Max Berger

The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming

The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming The Most Ambitious Emissions Pledges on the Table in Paris Would Still Result in Catastrophic Warming

Global temperatures would still rise to 2.7 to 3.5 C above the pre-industrial level.

Nov 30, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

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