Economy

Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sparking Forest Fires

Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sparking Forest Fires Record-Breaking Temperatures Are Sparking Forest Fires

Climate change is here and now. Action can’t wait.

Jul 23, 2021 / OppArt / Tamara Wyndham

Blue Origin Launch

Billionaires in Space Billionaires in Space

For the world’s richest men, the stars are up for sale.

Jul 23, 2021 / A.M. Gittlitz

The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan

The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan

Biden’s stimulus plan took the question of recovery off the table. Now the Democrats can focus on passing large-scale economic reforms.

Jul 23, 2021 / Mike Konczal

Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke

Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke Closing the Largest Generic Drug Plant in the US Is a Sick Joke

But Joe Manchin’s daughter, a company executive, is laughing all the way to the bank.

Jul 23, 2021 / Laura Flanders

Protesters March Against The Tokyo Olympics

Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics

The city is the center of a great experiment at a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.

Jul 23, 2021 / Chelsea Szendi Schieder

Ready When You Are

Ready When You Are Ready When You Are

Vaccines equal victory.

Jul 22, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo and Bill Bramhall

Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated

Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated

Migration is a cure for economic crisis—not a cause of it.

Jul 22, 2021 / Aviva Chomsky

India Walton

Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History Progressives Around the Country Are Recalling Sewer Socialism’s Proud History

At the local level, sidewalk socialists represent a movement whose time has come.

Jul 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Crisis in Haiti

Crisis in Haiti Crisis in Haiti

Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated on July 7, sending the country further into chaos.

Jul 21, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers

This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers

The bill cements in place the existing deep poverty in farmworker communities, and makes it much more difficult for farmworkers to organize.

Jul 21, 2021 / Column / David Bacon

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