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Activism March 7, 2016
Three Times When ‘Impractical’ Movements Led to Real Change
Against all odds, the world broke open. Could it happen again in 2016?
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
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Activism November 11, 2014
History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did
Mass uprisings like the one that brought down the Soviet bloc are neither as rare—nor as spontaneous—as they first appear.
Mark Engler, Paul Engler and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Economy May 11, 2011
A Fair Tax on Millionaires
Why should those worth hundreds of millions pay tax at the same rate as those who are middle class?
Mark Engler
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Climate Change August 12, 2010
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Economics January 15, 2010
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom
How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?
Mark Engler
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Economy November 25, 2008
Spreading the Wealth: Knowledge as Social Inheritance
Amid the ruins of a new gilded age, the devalued and depressed American people are ready to demand more.
Mark Engler
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Regions and Countries November 7, 2006
The Return of Daniel Ortega
Despite Daniel Ortega's many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the "savage capitalism" of the previous regime can genuinely benefit Nicaragua's poor.
Mark Engler
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Regions and Countries April 18, 2006
Peru’s Populist Gamble
Can Peruvian presidential hopeful Ollanta Humala shed his authoritarian image and chart a new course for his country?
Mark Engler
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Globalization March 1, 2006
CAFTA’s Corpse Revived
CAFTA, once presumed dead, is alive and functioning, thanks to White House political sorcery. But a backlash is looming in the United States and abroad.
Mark Engler
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Globalization January 16, 2004
The Trouble With CAFTA
CAFTA promises to extend the harmful impacts of NAFTA to Mexico's weaker southern neighbors.
Mark Engler