Inequality

As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance

As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance

Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.

Apr 7, 2026 / Feature / John Nichols

Why Black People Can’t Earn Our Way Out of Racism in Maternal Care: A Q&A With Khiara Bridges

Why Black People Can’t Earn Our Way Out of Racism in Maternal Care: A Q&A With Khiara Bridges Why Black People Can’t Earn Our Way Out of Racism in Maternal Care: A Q&A With Khiara Bridges

In her new book, Bridges found that healthcare provided through private markets leaves more room for discrimination and unequal care to take root than in a public program like Med...

Apr 2, 2026 / Q&A / Regina Mahone

Billionaires have accumulated vast tracts of real estate across the country, including in Indian Creek Village, Florida, pictured here on Sunday, March 22, 2026.

Lust for Luxury Lust for Luxury

The real estate gluttony of the superrich is truly eye-popping.

Apr 1, 2026 / Michael Massing

The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite

The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite

How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

Apr 1, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

Kjell Inge Røkke mushes his dog team across the Bering Sea.

The Norwegian Billionaire Who Broke the Iditarod The Norwegian Billionaire Who Broke the Iditarod

Alaska’s last great race has struggled to keep up its finances and increase participation. Now, a $300,000 gift from an “expedition musher” promises to transform the event.

Mar 31, 2026 / StudentNation / Colin Warren

The rebuilt Industrial Canal levee wall (L) in the Lower Ninth Ward stands near restored homes in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 6, 2025.

The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Can’t Get a Break The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Can’t Get a Break

The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina.

Mar 30, 2026 / Roberta Brandes Gratz

The Data Center Revolt

The Data Center Revolt The Data Center Revolt

Laura Flanders speaks with Faiz Shakir and John Cassidy on the grassroots fight against the AI oligarchs.

Mar 26, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow plunges 700 points in response to the US-Israel war against Iran, on March 5, 2026.

How Trump’s Economy Is Crushing Everyday Americans  How Trump’s Economy Is Crushing Everyday Americans 

As costs surge and safety nets shrink, millions of Americans are struggling to afford the basics.

Mar 24, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cesar Chavez speaks at a 1988 rally in McFarland, California.

What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez

The sexual predations of the late labor leader follow a depressingly familiar pattern in left organizing circles.

Mar 19, 2026 / Mel Buer

Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs

Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs

Landmark San Francisco and Los Angeles ballot initiatives aim to hike taxes on corporations with huge gaps between CEO and worker pay.

Mar 11, 2026 / Feature / Sarah Anderson

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