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Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario Covid-19: A Best Case Scenario

Now is the time to imagine a better world.

Mar 20, 2020 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now

The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now

The greatest mistake would be to repeat our errors from the Great Recession.

Mar 19, 2020 / Mike Konczal

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Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt

Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.

Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams

Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19

Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19 Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19

We can’t address a pandemic without eliminating economic hurdles to public health.

Mar 13, 2020 / John Nichols

‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’

‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’ ‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’

A massive standoff over a pipeline through Wet’suwet’en land is pushing Canada to confront how it deals with Indigenous rights.

Mar 5, 2020 / Jillian Kestler-D’Amours

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Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee Those Shoes Were Made by a Uighur Detainee

China forces Muslim minorities to produce materials that may be used by Nike, Uniqlo, Zara, and other retail giants. It’s time for the fashion industry to talk about divestment.

Mar 5, 2020 / Jasmin Malik Chua

Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers

Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers

The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.

Feb 14, 2020 / Bryce Covert

The Only Thing Stopping Us From Taxing the Rich Is Political Will

The Only Thing Stopping Us From Taxing the Rich Is Political Will The Only Thing Stopping Us From Taxing the Rich Is Political Will

Meet Gabriel Zucman, the rock star economist behind the wealth tax. 

Jan 9, 2020 / Q&A / Clio Chang

William Greider Knew What Ailed the Democratic Party

William Greider Knew What Ailed the Democratic Party William Greider Knew What Ailed the Democratic Party

…and how to fix it. We will miss him.

Dec 27, 2019 / John Nichols

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Letters From the January 13/20, 2020, Issue Letters From the January 13/20, 2020, Issue

Is a deficit really a strength?… Sharp quills (web only)…

Dec 24, 2019 / Our Readers, Marshall Auerback, and Donna Minkowitz

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