The Vulture Capitalists Are Counting on Us to Do Nothing The Vulture Capitalists Are Counting on Us to Do Nothing
If we don’t come together quickly, when America “reopens,” it will be much like the old America.
Apr 30, 2020 / Quinn Slobodian
We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care
A smoothly functioning economy is one in which people who want to work are able to do so.
Apr 17, 2020 / Bryce Covert
Can Biden Go Left? Can Biden Go Left?
The Sanders movement won’t be won over with empty gestures.
Apr 15, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation
The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust. The Lesson of the Coronavirus? There’s No One Left to Trust.
Almost all our leaders failed to act quickly enough to stave off the Covid catastrophe. So how can we trust them to tell us when the crisis has passed?
Apr 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines Covid-19 Is Revealing America’s Fault Lines
This pandemic is a stress test for our fragile political and economic systems.
Apr 14, 2020 / Rajan Menon
The Deficit Is Exploding! And That’s a Good Thing. The Deficit Is Exploding! And That’s a Good Thing.
The fact that nobody’s asking where the money is coming from shows how much our politics have changed since 2008.
Apr 9, 2020 / Robert Pollin
Wanted: Shovel-Ready Projects for a Green New Deal Wanted: Shovel-Ready Projects for a Green New Deal
As we learned in the previous recession, backing projects before they’re ready has a political cost.
Apr 9, 2020 / Robert Pollin
Welfare for Wall Street Welfare for Wall Street
As in 2008, the financial relief package leaves most Americans behind. It’s only a matter of time before it leads to an even bigger crisis.
Apr 7, 2020 / Nomi Prins
How to Save the Postal Service How to Save the Postal Service
For starters, nationalize Amazon and the rest of the essential infrastructure of the digital age.
Apr 6, 2020 / Feature / Mike Davis
The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us
If there was ever a fourth wall dividing celebrities and the rest of us on social media, the quarantine has broken it.
Apr 3, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway