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These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022 These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022

While the pandemic has made grassroots campaigning more difficult, many candidates see this moment as an opportunity. 

Aug 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Joaquin Romero

Jeff Bezos

Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits

In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.

Aug 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue Letters From the September 6/13, 2021, Issue

The good place… Overconsumed…

Aug 24, 2021 / Our Readers

Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich?

Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich? Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich?

If you’re waiting for Democrats to talk as frankly about wealth as they do about race, don’t hold your breath.

Aug 20, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Students protest the rising costs of student loans for higher education in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California.

What Is College Really Worth? What Is College Really Worth?

As the price of college goes up and the value of a degree goes down, are students being given a fair deal?

Aug 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Rebecca Gordon

Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic

Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic

A crisis looms over school reentry. Chronic underinvestment threatens to make it that much worse.

Aug 17, 2021 / StudentNation / Melody Schreiber

Sen. Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson Does the Bidding of the Ultra-Rich Ron Johnson Does the Bidding of the Ultra-Rich

A new study reveals that Johnson’s “principled” stand for tax reform may enrich two of his campaign donors by half a billion dollars.

Aug 16, 2021 / John Nichols

Woman holds up needle and vial of vaccine

The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free The Choice to Vaccinate Has Never Been Free

To increase vaccination rates, then, America doesn’t just need free Covid vaccines—we need free health care.

Aug 11, 2021 / Rhea Boyd

The Fuller Court.

Whose Side Is the Supreme Court On? Whose Side Is the Supreme Court On?

Many people who came of age in the 1950s and 60s view the Supreme Court as a force for good when it comes to race. But the court has often been the most anti-progressive branch of ...

Aug 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy

Western States Are at the Forefront of Fighting Hunger

Western States Are at the Forefront of Fighting Hunger Western States Are at the Forefront of Fighting Hunger

With California’s gubernatorial recall election less than six weeks away, will the Golden State continue to take the lead in crafting more inclusive anti-poverty efforts?

Aug 6, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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