In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor
But across the country, a new movement is pushing back against the criminalization of poverty.
Nov 3, 2017 / Peter Edelman
America’s Dental Gap Has Left People Relying on Pliers, Chisels, and Whiskey America’s Dental Gap Has Left People Relying on Pliers, Chisels, and Whiskey
A free clinic fights decay in Tennessee.
Nov 3, 2017 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White
The chapter reveals the promise and pitfalls of racial-justice solidarity.
Oct 31, 2017 / Michael Schulson
What Killed the Democratic Party? What Killed the Democratic Party?
A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.
Oct 30, 2017 / Feature / William Greider
Mental Illness Is a Global Crisis Mental Illness Is a Global Crisis
Over 80 percent of people suffering from mental-health disorders live in the Global South.
Oct 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen
41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them? 41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them?
Trump overwhelms the news, helping the robber-baron class more quietly pillage the country.
Oct 25, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
The US Needs a New Civilian Conservation Corps The US Needs a New Civilian Conservation Corps
FDR’s CCC worked in the 1930s, and it would work today.
Oct 25, 2017 / Paul J. Baicich
It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them
In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.
Oct 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration
And use the savings to help the poor.
Oct 20, 2017 / Alex S. Vitale
The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children
By not expanding the Child Tax Credit, Republicans have missed a chance to help every struggling American family.
Oct 20, 2017 / Bryce Covert