This Lunar New Year, Demand Solidarity This Lunar New Year, Demand Solidarity
As tension with China continues to mount, it’s time for Chinese Americans to become a more powerful force for progressive change.
Jan 24, 2020 / Tobita Chow
How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail. How Much Did Chesa Boudin’s Election Matter? He Just Eliminated Cash Bail.
The move proves that revolutionary change is possible.
Jan 24, 2020 / John Nichols
Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad Martha Nussbaum Thinks the So-Called Retreat of Liberalism Is an Academic Fad
We talked to the philosopher about her recent book The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal and her thoughts on contemporary global politics.
Jan 22, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Poverty Can Be Solved. Just Trust Poor People. Poverty Can Be Solved. Just Trust Poor People.
Our current poverty alleviation programs just aren’t working the way they should. Is there a better way?
Jan 22, 2020 / Podcast / Mia Birdsong
Is Anti-Monopolism Enough? Is Anti-Monopolism Enough?
In Goliath, Matt Stoller argues that US history has been defined by a struggle between monopoly and democracy, but to understand inequality today requires engaging with questions o...
Jan 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant
It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day It’s Time We Celebrate Ella Baker Day
Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.
Jan 17, 2020 / Mark Engler
Hunger and Hope in Haiti Hunger and Hope in Haiti
Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Mia Birdsong on poverty, and Kate Aronoff and Michael Kazin on socialism.
Jan 16, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game
Instead of accepting Trump’s trade deal and compromises on saving the planet, Sanders said in Tuesday’s debate, “We need some corporate responsibility here.”
Jan 15, 2020 / John Nichols
New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs
The measure could tip the scales in favor of keeping stores and factories open and people employed.
Jan 15, 2020 / Bryce Covert
The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty
The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in economics represent a new strain of neoliberal thought.
Jan 15, 2020 / Aparna Gopalan