Economy

Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation

Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation

But don’t expect to hear about it on the nightly news.

Mar 1, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Mariah Parker, new Athens, GA county commissioner

Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self

The 27-year-old Athens, Georgia, county commissioner leans into her humanity as she fights for social justice.

Mar 1, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Drought

The End of Our World Order Is Imminent The End of Our World Order Is Imminent

At least 200 empires have risen and fallen over the course of history, and the United States will be no exception.

Feb 28, 2019 / Alfred McCoy

‘Disconnected Youth’ Is a Growing Crisis

‘Disconnected Youth’ Is a Growing Crisis ‘Disconnected Youth’ Is a Growing Crisis

Unemployed and out of school, too many youth are seeing opportunities slip them by.

Feb 28, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Venezuelan Crisis

Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans

The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.

Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot

sunrise-movement-green-new-deal

Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal

Plus George Zornick on Elizabeth Warren and Michael Walzer on building a movement.

Feb 28, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bernie Sanders at a rally

Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike

Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”

Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols

Little girl at child care rally CA

Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare

It’s good for the economy and consistent with our values.

Feb 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Amazon's Jeff Bezos

The Rich Are Still Getting Richer The Rich Are Still Getting Richer

Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.

Feb 26, 2019 / Nomi Prins

Raphael Glucksmann

Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left

A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.

Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh

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