Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations
The Massachusetts senator’s latest plan is about power as much as policies.
Jul 31, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker
Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics
The media seems too eager to write off his profound impact on the 2020 race.
Jul 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Harvard Students Are Demanding More Than Divestment From Prison Profiteers Harvard Students Are Demanding More Than Divestment From Prison Profiteers
Reinvestment is an opening to the path to reparative justice.
Jul 26, 2019 / StudentNation / Pearl Bhatnagar and Anneke Gronke
The Fight for $15 Has Created a Road Map for Change The Fight for $15 Has Created a Road Map for Change
The Raise the Wage Act is a winning issue for progressive candidates.
Jul 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump
And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.
Jul 16, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin
6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?
Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.
Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor
By redefining poverty, millions fewer people would be able to take advantage of lifesaving programs.
May 31, 2019 / Bryce Covert
In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory
As tenants organize, New York could become one of the first states to pass “universal rent control.”
May 30, 2019 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us
Celebrities like Killer Mike and Jay-Z equate black ownership with liberation—but you can’t end racial inequality with consumerism.
May 22, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible Health Care in the US Should Be Affordable and Accessible
America’s broken health-care system extorts its patients just so they can access a basic human right.
May 9, 2019 / Beverly Gologorsky