Impeachment Part 2 Impeachment Part 2
The greatest threat to democracy? Trump.
Jan 12, 2021 / OppArt / Lalo Alcaraz
How Biden Can Break the Stranglehold of Amazon and Other Monopolies How Biden Can Break the Stranglehold of Amazon and Other Monopolies
The incoming president can take numerous steps to trim the tentacles of today’s monopolistic companies, which reach into every corner of American life.
Jan 4, 2021 / Feature / Zephyr Teachout
The Case for Wide-Scale Debt Relief The Case for Wide-Scale Debt Relief
Student loans, medical debt, mortgage payments, rent, and municipal debt should all be reduced or eliminated outright.
Jan 4, 2021 / Feature / Astra Taylor
Blame Mitch for the Lack of Federal Relief Blame Mitch for the Lack of Federal Relief
Not nearly enough ire has been directed at the Senate majority leader for trying to ensure that any relief package contains a corporate liability shield.
Dec 30, 2020 / Bryce Covert
Holding Our Breath for Four Years Holding Our Breath for Four Years
Exhaling after Trump’s environmental attacks.
Dec 26, 2020 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property
Californians both voted to protect their private property rights and for Biden by a nearly two-to-one margin. How do those two things square?
Dec 24, 2020 / Rachael Scarborough King
The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem
Progressive are waging and winning the fight for direct payments because, in a pandemic moment, people need cash to survive.
Dec 17, 2020 / John Nichols
We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay
Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.
Dec 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris
Are Bill Gates’s Billions Distorting Public Health Data? Are Bill Gates’s Billions Distorting Public Health Data?
Thanks to the Microsoft founder’s support, the IHME can make its own rules about how to track global health. That’s a problem.
Dec 3, 2020 / Feature / Tim Schwab