Inequality

Affordable Housing

The US Housing Market is Deeply Unfair. Here’s How You Can Help. The US Housing Market is Deeply Unfair. Here’s How You Can Help.

In 99.6 percent of US counties, a full-time minimum-wage worker cannot afford an average one-bedroom apartment.

Dec 14, 2018 / Emmeline Clein

Central Banks Versus the People

Central Banks Versus the People Central Banks Versus the People

World leaders remain oblivious to the long-term dangers of inequality.

Dec 14, 2018 / Nomi Prins

chokwe antar lumumba

Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda

A conversation with Chokwe Antar Lumumba about poverty, race, and building a “dignity economy.”

Dec 13, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann

Yellow Vest Peaceful Protest

The Yellow Vest Revolt The Yellow Vest Revolt

The French uprising was never just about a fuel tax.

Dec 13, 2018 / Cole Stangler

Macron Yellow vest Adress

For Emmanuel Macron, How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast? For Emmanuel Macron, How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast?

The fault lies with both the French president himself and the political and cultural elite that formed him.

Dec 13, 2018 / David A. Bell

Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey

Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey

The former Greek finance minister is on a quest to unite the global left.

Dec 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Honduran Refugees in Guatemala

If Trump Wants to Curb Migration, He Shouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid If Trump Wants to Curb Migration, He Shouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid

Dita has been deported three times back to El Salvador. Now a USAID-funded organization gives her hope that she can thrive in her own country.

Dec 12, 2018 / Eileen Grench

Student debt protest

Who Is Most Affected By Student Debt? Women. Who Is Most Affected By Student Debt? Women.

A new report shows that student debt doesn’t just recreate class divides—it reflects the country’s gender gap.

Dec 11, 2018 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres

Sanders Institute Gathering

The Ideas Primary The Ideas Primary

US presidential contests may seem never-ending, but if the debate is about policy—instead of personality—is that such a bad thing?

Dec 10, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

College Rally Against Campus Rape

Don’t Defend Title IX. Replace It. Don’t Defend Title IX. Replace It.

Anti-discrimination and affirmative-action rules don’t help the Americans who need them the most. 

Dec 10, 2018 / StudentNation / Nawal Arjini

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