Economy
Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like
A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.
The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis
We have a choice: We can allow Big Tech to solve the problem with invasive brain technology. Or we can let educators teach students how to pay attention.
This Earth Day, It’s Time to Make Polluters Pay This Earth Day, It’s Time to Make Polluters Pay
The costs of climate change are falling on those least responsible. This year, we must ask our elected officials for more than just flimsy commitments to sustainability.
The Education Factory The Education Factory
By looking at the labor history of academia, you can see the roots of a crisis in higher education that has been decades in the making.
Policy
Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like
A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.
Republicans Are No Friends to Working People Republicans Are No Friends to Working People
If you work for a living, or if you know and love people who do, there’s a lot on the line in this year’s election.
Javier Milei’s Amputation Regime for Argentina Javier Milei’s Amputation Regime for Argentina
The country’s new president has imposed a set of brutal austerity measures as part of a so-called “chainsaw plan.” The carnage is already mounting.
Labor
The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis The Use of “Attention Capture” Technologies in Our Classrooms Has Created a Crisis
We have a choice: We can allow Big Tech to solve the problem with invasive brain technology. Or we can let educators teach students how to pay attention.
The Education Factory The Education Factory
By looking at the labor history of academia, you can see the roots of a crisis in higher education that has been decades in the making.
Nation Interview: Shawn Fain on Volkswagen and the UAW’s Southern Strategy Nation Interview: Shawn Fain on Volkswagen and the UAW’s Southern Strategy
“These companies are more profitable than the Big Three ever dreamed of being, and the workers are paid even less.”
Samuel Alito Can’t Tell the Difference Between Sex Discrimination and Peanut Butter Samuel Alito Can’t Tell the Difference Between Sex Discrimination and Peanut Butter
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling on sex discrimination hides serious ideological differences, beginning with Alito’s long-standing hostility to women’s rights.
The EEOC Has Released New, Much-Needed Protections for Pregnant Workers The EEOC Has Released New, Much-Needed Protections for Pregnant Workers
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act obligates employers to enable pregnant people to work safely and to grant them unpaid but job-protected leave for pregnancy-related absences.
The Score
You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek
It’s time for Americans to claw their lives back from work.
Too Many Economists Thought This Was Impossible Too Many Economists Thought This Was Impossible
The increase in the number of people working has helped tamp down inflation and has shown the importance of aiming for full employment.
We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It. We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It.
The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up.
Latest in Economy
The Only Thing Worse Than Taking Rural Voters for Granted The Only Thing Worse Than Taking Rural Voters for Granted
… is dismissing them as out of reach for Democrats.
Apr 15, 2024 / Editorial / Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
O.J. Simpson Proved That With Enough Money You Can Get Away With Murder O.J. Simpson Proved That With Enough Money You Can Get Away With Murder
The accused killer won and lost in court depending on his bank account.
Apr 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer
These Americans Won’t Pay for the War on Gaza These Americans Won’t Pay for the War on Gaza
As the Biden administration continues to give weapons to Israel, thousands of people across the country are protesting by refusing to pay their taxes.
Apr 12, 2024 / Lucy Dean Stockton
Transatlantic Tragedy: “Grenfell” Moves from Britain’s National Theatre to a Brooklyn Stage Transatlantic Tragedy: “Grenfell” Moves from Britain’s National Theatre to a Brooklyn Stage
An interview with Gillian Slovo, whose new play about the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in London just opened in New York.
Apr 12, 2024 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
The EU’s Secret to Slashing Emissions The EU’s Secret to Slashing Emissions
Europe proves that putting a price on carbon can dramatically transform fossil fuel–based economies.
Apr 10, 2024 / Paul Hockenos
Fatal Recklessness at Boeing Traces Back to Long-Standing C-Suite Greed Fatal Recklessness at Boeing Traces Back to Long-Standing C-Suite Greed
Why Jack Welch’s philosophy of maximizing short-term shareholder value at all costs is to blame.
Apr 9, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel