Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws? Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?
Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.
Mar 16, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
“A Closed, Burnt Huwara”: How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom “A Closed, Burnt Huwara”: How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom
With Israeli politicians constantly fanning the rhetorical flames, last month's violence—and actual arson—didn’t exactly come as a surprise.
Mar 16, 2023 / Fatima AbdulKarim
Havana Syndrome and the Psychosomatic Empire Havana Syndrome and the Psychosomatic Empire
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Branko Marcetic comments on the age of imaginary super-weapons and wild threat inflation.
“She Had a Heartbeat Too”: Waiting for One Dead Woman “She Had a Heartbeat Too”: Waiting for One Dead Woman
In Ireland, the death of Savita Halappanavar, who developed sepsis after being denied an abortion, catalyzed a revolution in the country’s abortion laws. Will the same happen here?
Mar 14, 2023 / Amy Littlefield
The GOP Has Become the Pro–Child Labor Party The GOP Has Become the Pro–Child Labor Party
How a new economy of exploitation is rolling back protections—for profit.
Mar 14, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing
The Silicon Valley Bank collapse doesn’t require a bailout. It requires stronger bank oversight and the repeal of the 2018 “economic growth” act.
Mar 14, 2023 / John Nichols
Stop Trying to Make Mike Pence Happen! Stop Trying to Make Mike Pence Happen!
His hypocritical, homophobic Gridiron speech, larded with dad jokes, was supposed to rebrand him for 2024 as the fun fascist. There’s no such thing.
Mar 13, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin
We should condemn Russian crimes in Ukraine, but not while conveniently forgetting the crimes we committed in Iraq.
Mar 13, 2023 / Juan Cole
Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich
The very people who eviscerated banking regulations now want to be shielded from the catastrophe they caused.
Mar 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature
Pronouncing debt cancellation DOA takes the Supreme Court’s ruling as the last word—precisely at the moment when the court’s authority demands challenge, not complacency.
Mar 13, 2023 / Eleni Schirmer