Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans
But we are not going to be played like this.
Mar 7, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order
Despite profound discontent, the prospect of an exit from the neoliberal orthodoxies of the past 40 years terrifies even those who know how much they have suffered from it.
Mar 6, 2017 / Perry Anderson
Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality
Poverty is not an abstraction. People wear it on their faces, carry it on their backs as a constant companion—and it is heavy.
Mar 6, 2017 / Dennis Kucinich
Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend
It’s part of a new wave of demonstrations and organizing drives linking workers’ rights and civil rights.
Mar 3, 2017 / John Nichols
How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform
Harold Meyerson on beating Trump from the left, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Joan Walsh on Harry Belafonte.
Mar 2, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It
Puerto Rico has never been more than a profit center for the US. Now an unelected board governs the island as a de facto collection agency for hedge funds and Wall Street speculato...
Mar 2, 2017 / Nelson Denis
Has Spain’s Podemos Party Squandered Its Prospects? Has Spain’s Podemos Party Squandered Its Prospects?
While the Madrid-based leadership has been mired in factional infighting, regional representatives and allies offer inspiring alternatives.
Mar 1, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Is Our President Bonkers? Is Our President Bonkers?
Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.
Mar 1, 2017 / William Greider
Trump’s Budget Proposal Is an Attack on the Working Class Trump’s Budget Proposal Is an Attack on the Working Class
Trump’s vision to make America great again would actually eviscerate the already disintegrating social safety net.
Feb 28, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare
If it doesn’t work for you, try to die without too much noise.
Feb 28, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow