Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits” Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits”
The Vermont senator denounces the wealth concentration fueling global wars at the expense of everyday people.
Feb 8, 2024 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due In Red States, the Bill for School Voucher Bait-and-Switch Is Coming Due
For GOP lawmakers who view public education as a quasi-socialist project, the gaping hole in state budgets left by subsidizing private school tuition is a feature, not a bug.
Feb 7, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
The UAW Is Organizing the South The UAW Is Organizing the South
The union announced that more than half the workers at a VW plant in Tennessee have signed union cards. And it’s vowing that this is only the beginning.
Feb 7, 2024 / John Nichols
In the US, Mental Health Treatment Can Be a Death Sentence In the US, Mental Health Treatment Can Be a Death Sentence
Deploying the language of “helping” those in need, policymakers are reaching not for a Band-Aid but a club.
Feb 6, 2024 / Mattea Kramer and Dr. Sean Fogler
Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti? Why Is the US Paying Kenya to Clean Up the Mess We Made in Haiti?
The Biden administration likes to talk about democracy, but when it comes to the disaster unfolding a few hundred miles from Miami, democracy is apparently far too dangerous.
Feb 6, 2024 / Amy Wilentz
The Century of Milton Friedman The Century of Milton Friedman
An interview with Jennifer Burns on her authoritative new biography of the American economist and the personal and intellectual origins of his theories.
Feb 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
11 Arguments for Open Borders 11 Arguments for Open Borders
A world not divided by militarized borders would help form a world where sustainability and justice take precedence over extraction and exploitation.
Feb 5, 2024 / John Washington
The Party of Lincoln Is Really the Party of Calhoun The Party of Lincoln Is Really the Party of Calhoun
Nikki Haley and Greg Abbott echo the theorist of secession.
Feb 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard? Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard?
He’s a distinguished scholar, director of Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies, and former president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. But Bill Ackman doesn’t like him.
Feb 2, 2024 / Eric Alterman
This Austrian Heiress Wants to Redistribute Millions of Dollars This Austrian Heiress Wants to Redistribute Millions of Dollars
Marlene Engelhorn has committed to giving away 90 percent of her wealth. Will a council of citizens be able to decide how to spend it?
Jan 30, 2024 / Zoë Beery