Economy

Dr. Cornel West gives the keynote address at the

Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now

As two of his rivals head into the wilderness, the president is consolidating the left-of-center vote.

Oct 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

We Are Witness to Our Self-Destruction

We Are Witness to Our Self-Destruction We Are Witness to Our Self-Destruction

Fossil fuels, profits of doom.

Oct 6, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Striking writers picket the Netflix studio in Los Angeles

The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty

The Hollywood writers' union scores an impressive win, while Governor Newsom sells out strikers on other fronts. 

Oct 6, 2023 / Ben Schwartz

Former Washington Nationals player Sean Doolittle pitching

Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires

How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball.

Oct 6, 2023 / Peter Dreier

National Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month

National Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month National Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month

Latinos contributed a record-breaking $3.2 trillion to the US economy in 2021 (equivalent to the fifth-largest economy in the world), according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

Oct 4, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Frontline Water Protectors

Frontline Water Protectors Frontline Water Protectors

March in NYC: A fight against the tar sands oil pipeline.

Oct 3, 2023 / OppArt / Susan Simensky Bietila

Florida Representative Matt Gaetz exits a GOP caucus meeting about the federal budget.

What’s at Stake in the MAGA Shutdown Threats What’s at Stake in the MAGA Shutdown Threats

The immediate specter of a shutdown has abated, but the GOP’s appetite for destruction remains intact.

Oct 2, 2023 / Max B. Sawicky

Lawmakers May Finally Update Strict SSI Rules That Keep Families in Poverty

Lawmakers May Finally Update Strict SSI Rules That Keep Families in Poverty Lawmakers May Finally Update Strict SSI Rules That Keep Families in Poverty

Asset limits in the program have created a system in which millions of people cannot save money for their families or their future.

Oct 2, 2023 / Rebecca Cokley

Line workers work on the chassis of full-size General Motors pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly plant on June 12, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.

“Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker “Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker

Vehicle-manufacturing jobs grind down workers’ bodies. Is it time for a 32-hour week?

Oct 2, 2023 / Sarah Lazare

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Letters From the October 16/23, 2023, Issue Letters From the October 16/23, 2023, Issue

Island records… The West Wing… Corrections… Class grievances (web only)… 

Sep 30, 2023 / Our Readers

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