Inequality

Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex

Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex Liberating Our Homes From the Real Estate–Industrial Complex

Having a personal aesthetic at home has become financially detrimental.

Mar 13, 2023 / Kate Wagner

“Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan

“Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan “Work Until You Die” Is Not a Retirement Plan

For Judith Heumann, and countless people with disabilities, “work until you die” was the only option. It’s past time to change that.

Mar 10, 2023 / Rebecca Cokley

Children working as miners in Pennsylvania.

The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor

Bipartisan buck-passing and a ramshackle immigration system have revived Victorian degradation.

Mar 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Empty hospital bed

The Widespread Cruelty of Death Care Disparities The Widespread Cruelty of Death Care Disparities

We live in a world where the quality of care you receive while dying depends on how much you can afford.

Mar 9, 2023 / Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox

E. Pico Blvd. in the Garment District of Los Angeles

LA’s Zoning Plan Pits Garment Workers Against Developers LA’s Zoning Plan Pits Garment Workers Against Developers

The Downtown LA 2040 proposal could force garment factories to close and replace affordable housing with luxury developments.

Mar 6, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

People carry representations of ballot boxes on their heads during a march in Mexico City on March 21st, 2021. The demonstration was held to protest the proposed Electoral Reform presented by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Protestas Contra Las Reformas de AMLO Revelan Los Baluartes del Antiguo Régimen de México Protestas Contra Las Reformas de AMLO Revelan Los Baluartes del Antiguo Régimen de México

La “defensa del Instituto Nacional Electoral” se ha convertido en el grito de guerra de una oposición incapaz de ganar un amplio apoyo público.

Mar 6, 2023 / José Luis Granados Ceja

Trump speaks at a podium

Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious

At CPAC, the former president outlines his plan to regain the GOP nomination—and the White House.

Mar 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

FDR and New Dealers in car

The Case Against Privatizing Social Security The Case Against Privatizing Social Security

For the New Deal’s 90th birthday, let’s deliver a cake, not a hand grenade.

Mar 4, 2023 / Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, Harold M. Ickes, and James Roosevelt Jr.

People carry representations of ballot boxes on their heads during a march in Mexico City on March 21st, 2021. The demonstration was held to protest the proposed Electoral Reform presented by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Protests Against AMLO’s Reforms Reveal the Strongholds of Mexico’s Ancien Régime Protests Against AMLO’s Reforms Reveal the Strongholds of Mexico’s Ancien Régime

The so-called “defense of the INE” has become the rallying cry of an opposition incapable of winning broad public support.

Mar 3, 2023 / José Luis Granados Ceja

Image of a pipeline crossing tundra

Why More Alaskans Aren’t Fighting a Huge Potential Oil Project on the North Slope Why More Alaskans Aren’t Fighting a Huge Potential Oil Project on the North Slope

Alaska residents are living in an impossible situation: The state depends on oil to sustain itself—and that economy is simultaneously wreaking permanent damage on both the Arctic a...

Feb 28, 2023 / Madeline Ostrander

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