Economy

How Inequality Was Redefined as “Poverty”—Letting Capitalism Off the Hook

How Inequality Was Redefined as “Poverty”—Letting Capitalism Off the Hook How Inequality Was Redefined as “Poverty”—Letting Capitalism Off the Hook

In the 1960s, policy shifted from calling for the redistribution of wealth to enforcing an ideology of personal responsibility.

Sep 5, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower

Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower

Inside the soul-crushing, morally bankrupt, top-secret world of our most powerful consulting firm.

Sep 5, 2023 / Feature / Garrison Lovely

Top 10 Labor Day Songs

Top 10 Labor Day Songs Top 10 Labor Day Songs

In honor of Labor Day, here’s a stab at the impossible task of naming the best songs ever written about working people.

Sep 4, 2023 / Peter Rothberg

Jennifer Abruzzo in Washington, D.C.

The NLRB’s Recent Decisions Are Good News for Workers The NLRB’s Recent Decisions Are Good News for Workers

But while both are worth celebrating, there are still no shortcuts to the hard organizing work needed to win life-changing contracts.

Sep 4, 2023 / Jane McAlevey

Growing Our Future

Growing Our Future Growing Our Future

A mural seen in Brooklyn, NY.

Sep 2, 2023 / OppArt / Groundswell Community Mural Project

President Joe Biden speaks at an event promoting lower healthcare costs in the East Room of the White House on August 29 in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s Bold Move on Drug Prices Gives the GOP Two Choices: Change the Subject, or Lie Biden’s Bold Move on Drug Prices Gives the GOP Two Choices: Change the Subject, or Lie

Not surprisingly, Trump opts for both.

Sep 1, 2023 / Jeet Heer

wga picketers hold signs

Los Angeles Is Now the Country’s Leading Union Town Los Angeles Is Now the Country’s Leading Union Town

The West Coast capital, once famous for hostility to organized labor, emerges as the epicenter of national strike action.

Sep 1, 2023 / C.M. Lewis

Port-au-Prince residents evacuate the city in a truck

The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti

After more than a century bleeding the country, installing and abetting corrupt dictators, and suppressing democracy, the US government now advises Americans to flee.

Sep 1, 2023 / Amy Wilentz

A picture of an at-home COVID test.

Welcome to the “You Do You” Pandemic Welcome to the “You Do You” Pandemic

The new Covid policy: Let them eat cake.

Sep 1, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It.

We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It. We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It.

The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up.

Sep 1, 2023 / Bryce Covert

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