Inequality

Democratic precinct captain holds iPhone with caucus-reporting app

The Iowa Caucus Fiasco Is What Happens When Management Ignores Workers The Iowa Caucus Fiasco Is What Happens When Management Ignores Workers

The managerial class has deluded itself into thinking it can run corporations—even an entire economy—with brainstorming sessions.

Feb 19, 2020 / Justin Joque

The Future of Democratic Socialism Starts Here

The Future of Democratic Socialism Starts Here The Future of Democratic Socialism Starts Here

Scenes from this year’s Young Democratic Socialists of America conference in Chicago.

Feb 19, 2020 / Alan Maass

A woman with her great-granddaughter

Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too. Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too.

Kennedy made rural poverty a focus of his presidential campaign. This year’s candidates could do the same—this time, in the Black Belt region.

Feb 14, 2020 / Greg Kaufmann

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

The Trump administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, lays bare the lies he told during the State of the Union.

Feb 11, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Trucks hauling containers

It’s Still the Economy, Stupid It’s Still the Economy, Stupid

As recession fears recede, Democrats need to remember that it’s easier to convince people to gamble on social democracy in good times.

Feb 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer

We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore

We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore

It’s time for a wildcat strike.

Feb 10, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers

Doctors hold

Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All

Calls for single-payer are coming from outside the American Medical Association—and show that doctors are not a single class of workers with a unified political view.

Feb 6, 2020 / Danielle Carr

Trump’s War on the Poor Includes Our Children

Trump’s War on the Poor Includes Our Children Trump’s War on the Poor Includes Our Children

One in five American children live in poverty, even as pundits tout employment highs.

Feb 4, 2020 / Rajan Menon

The Art of Eviction

The Art of Eviction The Art of Eviction

How one company helps landlords exploit a loophole in New York’s tenant laws.

Feb 3, 2020 / Feature / Joshua Hunt

The Super Bowl Is a Grift of Epic Proportions

The Super Bowl Is a Grift of Epic Proportions The Super Bowl Is a Grift of Epic Proportions

While the wealthy party during Super Bowl week, a heist is happening in plain sight.

Jan 31, 2020 / Dave Zirin

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