Economy

Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief

Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief

He’s spectacularly trashed our political culture by weaponizing shame. But he’s not the first—and he won’t be the last.

Oct 4, 2016 / Feature / Adam Haslett

Mr. Bright Side

Mr. Bright Side Mr. Bright Side

Trump’s Gospel of Positive Thinking

Oct 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Senator Elizabeth Warren

How to Get Justice After the Wells Fargo Scandal How to Get Justice After the Wells Fargo Scandal

Break up lawless banks and encourage sensible alternatives.

Oct 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Referendum in Colombia

Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?

Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Trump speaks in Pennsylvania

Dopey Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out Why AFL-CIO Members Aren’t Showing Up at His Rallies Dopey Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out Why AFL-CIO Members Aren’t Showing Up at His Rallies

The Republican nominee is discovering that running on “the most anti-worker, anti-union platform of any party in the history of the United States” might turn off union members...

Oct 3, 2016 / John Nichols

Familias Unidas Justicia

Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters

Months of strikes and organizing in Washington led to the first U.S. farmworker union in years. 

Oct 3, 2016 / David Bacon

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The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules

They're building a framework for a new normal in the low-wage workplace.

Oct 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Abortion access

The Hyde Amendment Punishes Poor Women—and It’s Bad for the Economy The Hyde Amendment Punishes Poor Women—and It’s Bad for the Economy

The 40-year-old ban on public funding for abortion is not just a burden on individual women.

Sep 30, 2016 / Kate Bahn and Jamila Taylor

Trump with a bullhorn

My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger

In his clumsy way, Trump is defining a new industrial policy and exposing the stupidity of American “exceptionalism.”

Sep 30, 2016 / William Greider

There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500

There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500 There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500

“People are here because they are poor, and it’s a perpetual cycle.”

Sep 30, 2016 / The Nation

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