Inequality

Democrats Obamacare Repeal

Almost No One Likes the GOP’s ‘Repeal and Delay’ Plan for Obamacare Almost No One Likes the GOP’s ‘Repeal and Delay’ Plan for Obamacare

As Republicans rush to repeal the law, even conservatives are starting to worry about what will happen next. 

Jan 6, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

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Why Workers Everywhere Should Be Scared by Kentucky’s Assault on Unions Why Workers Everywhere Should Be Scared by Kentucky’s Assault on Unions

Workers should be preparing to push back as the Republicans who control the White House and the Congress bring their anti-union agenda to Washington.

Jan 5, 2017 / John Nichols

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism Harvey Cox’s Radicalism

How the theologian and social critic reminds us of the radical possibilities and egalitarian hopes of a Christian left.

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Bruenig

Students protest low wages.

3 Steps for Progressive Resistance and Rebuilding as the Trump Era Launches 3 Steps for Progressive Resistance and Rebuilding as the Trump Era Launches

Ultimately, the party’s fortunes will depend on recruiting a new generation of progressive leaders who can harness the power of social movements and drive it into electoral politic...

Jan 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Inequality Is Only Getting Worse Inequality Is Only Getting Worse

The typical American family today has less wealth than the typical American family of the 1980s.

Dec 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump Is Capitalizing on the Anxiety Caused by the End of Steady Employment

Trump Is Capitalizing on the Anxiety Caused by the End of Steady Employment Trump Is Capitalizing on the Anxiety Caused by the End of Steady Employment

Liberals should speak to workers’ experience of precarity.

Dec 28, 2016 / Mike Konczal

Newspaper in Hyderabad

Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All

Who’d have thought it’d be a bad idea to elect a president with business interests pretty much everywhere in the world? 

Dec 22, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

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Robert Reich: Why Republicans Are Wrong About Taxes Robert Reich: Why Republicans Are Wrong About Taxes

Plus: Martin Garbus on clemency for Leonard Peltier, and Amy Wilentz on the worst and best of 2016.

Dec 22, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Santa Barbara Homelessness

Homeless in the Shadow of Santa Barbara’s Mansions Homeless in the Shadow of Santa Barbara’s Mansions

For hundreds of families, home is a car in a quiet parking lot.

Dec 20, 2016 / Jennifer Dworkin

Trump and Ruzder

Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy

Almost every legitimate function of the federal government could be subverted by Trump’s wrecking crew.

Dec 20, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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