Economy

Michael Bloomberg

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Bloomberg Campaign NDA Protects Abusive Bosses EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Bloomberg Campaign NDA Protects Abusive Bosses

The campaign’s nondisclosure agreement could prevent staffers from reporting workplace abuse and discrimination.

Feb 19, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

TS Candii speaks at New York state Capitol

The Walking While Trans Ban Is ‘Stop and Frisk 2.0’ The Walking While Trans Ban Is ‘Stop and Frisk 2.0’

New laws, coupled with older ones, form a web of constraints that marginalize trans people.

Feb 19, 2020 / Karina Piser

Democratic precinct captain holds iPhone with caucus-reporting app

The Iowa Caucus Fiasco Is What Happens When Management Ignores Workers The Iowa Caucus Fiasco Is What Happens When Management Ignores Workers

The managerial class has deluded itself into thinking it can run corporations—even an entire economy—with brainstorming sessions.

Feb 19, 2020 / Justin Joque

The Future of Democratic Socialism Starts Here

The Future of Democratic Socialism Starts Here The Future of Democratic Socialism Starts Here

Scenes from this year’s Young Democratic Socialists of America conference in Chicago.

Feb 19, 2020 / Alan Maass

Voters line up outside the Culinary Workers Union Hall in Las Vegas

Nevada’s Culinary Union, Bernie Sanders, and Labor’s Missed Opportunity Nevada’s Culinary Union, Bernie Sanders, and Labor’s Missed Opportunity

The powerful Las Vegas local’s officers retreated into “fortress unionism.”

Feb 18, 2020 / Walter Peric

Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death

Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death

A predatory and extractive financial sector has hollowed out communities across the US.

Feb 18, 2020 / Feature / Nick Shaxson

Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers

Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers

The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.

Feb 14, 2020 / Bryce Covert

A woman with her great-granddaughter

Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too. Appalachia Gets Special Funding. The Black Rural South Deserves It Too.

Kennedy made rural poverty a focus of his presidential campaign. This year’s candidates could do the same—this time, in the Black Belt region.

Feb 14, 2020 / Greg Kaufmann

Uintah Basin

Does the Climate Crisis Spell the End of Big Oil? Does the Climate Crisis Spell the End of Big Oil?

Financial markets are rightfully taking climate change seriously, but it’s humanity, not bottom lines, that should be our top concern.

Feb 12, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

The Trump administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, lays bare the lies he told during the State of the Union.

Feb 11, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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