Economics

We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year

We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year We’re Going to Be Talking About Reparations This Year

The labor of generations of black bodies has created massive amounts of wealth for everyone but the people whose work was exploited. And we’ve continued to suffer the consequ...

May 16, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

Could we finally be leaving Mayor Bloomberg’s Gilded City behind? 

May 12, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act

What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act

It’s a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. Global climate justice advocates are fighting instead for clean, renewable energy.

May 7, 2014 / Janet Redman, Emira Woods, John Cavanagh, and Foreign Policy In Focus

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The Nation editor and MSNBC host says we have the facts to show that expanding Obamacare will save lives. Not doing so will cost them.

May 7, 2014 / Chris Hayes

Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy

Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy

Janet Yellen admits evidence of how inequality is “very worrisome.”

May 7, 2014 / John Nichols

How to Shrink Inequality

How to Shrink Inequality How to Shrink Inequality

It’s not inevitable. Here are ten practical steps to reverse the growing trend.

May 6, 2014 / Feature / Robert B. Reich

Elizabeth Warren Explains Why She Ran for Office

Elizabeth Warren Explains Why She Ran for Office Elizabeth Warren Explains Why She Ran for Office

And vows to fight for people who got screwed by Wall Street.

May 6, 2014 / Feature / Elizabeth Warren

Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits

Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits Republicans Block Hearing on Long-Term Jobless Benefits

Forget holding a vote: GOP leadership won’t even allow a hearing on long-term jobless benefits inside the Capitol. 

May 6, 2014 / George Zornick

The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum

The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum

The visible success of the European Financial Transaction (a k a Robin Hood) tax should boost efforts to build support for such a tax in the US. 

May 5, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally

Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally

A big-city mayor proposes moving toward $15-an-hour. A movement builds.

May 2, 2014 / John Nichols

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