Trump’s Trade Wars Hark Back to an Economy That No Longer Exists Trump’s Trade Wars Hark Back to an Economy That No Longer Exists
The administration’s slapdash tariffs plan is an unworkable wish-fulfillment fantasy.
Apr 7, 2025 / Dean Baker
A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy
The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.
Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?
At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.
Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer
Billionaires Suck Billionaires Suck
Public action, visibility brigade, Route 4, Paramus, New Jersey, January 2025.
Apr 4, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Guancione
Trump’s Delusional Tariff Policy Is Already Wreaking Havoc Trump’s Delusional Tariff Policy Is Already Wreaking Havoc
The economy took an immediate hit after the president’s “Liberation Day ”announcement.
Apr 3, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help. The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help.
Oursler and his staff at the Mon Valley Unemployment Committee have shown over the past 40 years what it means to really care about workers—on the job and off.
Apr 3, 2025 / Daniel Napsha
Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker
Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe
New trade barriers are going to reduce demand for US exports while increasing the cost of living domestically. This will only worsen conditions in the manufacturing sector.
Apr 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Silencing Us All Fossil Fuel Companies Are Silencing Us All
The verdict of Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace has disturbing implications for freedom of speech.
Mar 31, 2025 / Betsy Apple
Is the Sports Draft Obsolete? Is the Sports Draft Obsolete?
With the players association’s new collective bargaining agreement, the National Women’s Soccer League became the first major league in American sports to abolish the college draf...
Mar 31, 2025 / StudentNation / Takashi Williams