Economy

Attendee interact with a SoftBank Group Corp. Pepper humanoid robot at the COP28 Climate Conference.

The Pentagon’s Rush to Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going to Kill Us All The Pentagon’s Rush to Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going to Kill Us All

While experts warn about the risk of human extinction, the Department of Defense plows full speed ahead.

Dec 6, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker during a press conference at the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 7, 2011, in Madison, Wis.

Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Could Be Undone by a Court That Respects the Constitution Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Could Be Undone by a Court That Respects the Constitution

A right-wing state Supreme Court upheld the Wisconsin governor’s assault on workers. But the court now has a progressive majority and unions are challenging the law.

Dec 5, 2023 / John Nichols

Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019.

The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses The Green New Deal Is the Opiate of the Masses

In the Global North, measures to stop climate change cannot double as ways to further economic growth

Dec 4, 2023 / Kohei Saito

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The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right The Sensible Dutch Take a Sharp Turn to the Right

In an election shocker earlier this week, the far-right anti-immigrant campaigner Geert Wilders emerged as the leader of the largest party in the new parliament.

Dec 1, 2023 / Hans Steketee

Thin crowd of anti-vaxxers protested on Times Square against vaccination mandates for many professions.

Why Don't Americans Believe in Science? Why Don't Americans Believe in Science?

When medicine doesn’t focus on prevention, anti-vaccination rhetoric flourishes. It’s time to address the system.

Nov 30, 2023 / Philip Eil

Argentina Youth Javier Milei

Why Young People in Argentina Backed Far-Right President-Elect Javier Milei  Why Young People in Argentina Backed Far-Right President-Elect Javier Milei 

Young voters helped deliver a shocking first-place finish for Milei in the August open primaries, and almost 70 percent backed him in the November election.

Nov 30, 2023 / StudentNation / Zachariah Sippy

Home care workers rally at New York’s City Hall on October 18.

Ban the 24-Hour Workday! Ban the 24-Hour Workday!

In some states—New York is one of them—it is still legal to hire someone for a 24-hour shift, but to only pay them for a fraction of those hours.

Nov 29, 2023 / Dawn Kikel

Nurse understaffing strike

Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis? Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis?

The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses."

Nov 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup

Pierre Omidyar, the chairman and founder of eBay, looks on during the final session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, on September 23, 2010.

Why “Liberal” Donors Love Giving Money to the Extreme Right Why “Liberal” Donors Love Giving Money to the Extreme Right

Many purportedly progressive plutocrats turn reactionary on Israel and labor.

Nov 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer

You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek

You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek

It’s time for Americans to claw their lives back from work.

Nov 24, 2023 / Bryce Covert

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