Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death
A predatory and extractive financial sector has hollowed out communities across the US.
Feb 18, 2020 / Feature / Nick Shaxson
Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers
The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.
Feb 14, 2020 / Bryce Covert
Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too. Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too.
Kennedy made rural poverty a focus of his presidential campaign. This year’s candidates could do the same—this time, in the Black Belt region.
Feb 14, 2020 / Greg Kaufmann
Does the Climate Crisis Spell the End of Big Oil? Does the Climate Crisis Spell the End of Big Oil?
Financial markets are rightfully taking climate change seriously, but it’s humanity, not bottom lines, that should be our top concern.
Feb 12, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do
The Trump administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, lays bare the lies he told during the State of the Union.
Feb 11, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected
The president is smudging facts—this time about defense spending—in hopes of a 2020 win.
Feb 11, 2020 / William D. Hartung
Take Action Now: Stand Up for Public Benefits Take Action Now: Stand Up for Public Benefits
Learn more about Trump's harmful budget cuts, stand up for housing justice, and protect workers’ rights.
Feb 11, 2020 / NationAction
Don’t Fall for Trump’s Lie. Democrats Have Been Very Productive. Don’t Fall for Trump’s Lie. Democrats Have Been Very Productive.
Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans have blocked almost everything House Democrats have passed.
Feb 11, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letters From the February 24, 2020, Issue Letters From the February 24, 2020, Issue
Competing theories… A serious misconception (web only)…
Feb 11, 2020 / Our Readers and Gabriel Winant
Trump’s Budget: Making America God-Awful Again Trump’s Budget: Making America God-Awful Again
It would destroy what’s left of the social safety net and finish the hollowing out of America’s working and middle classes.
Feb 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky