Why Public College Should Be Free Why Public College Should Be Free
Private institutions should be forced to compete with free, high-quality public ones.
Dec 19, 2019 / Bryce Covert
Advice, From One Giant of 20th Century Literature to Another Advice, From One Giant of 20th Century Literature to Another
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1967 entreaty to José Donoso.
Dec 16, 2019 / Kurt Vonnegut
Oh No, Jeremy Corbyn! Oh No, Jeremy Corbyn!
Boris Johnson wins a bigger majority than Margaret Thatcher as the Labour Party goes down in a historic defeat. Britain is now Brexit bound.
Dec 13, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan
Bashing the Poor and Protecting the Rich: What SNAP ‘Reform’ Means Bashing the Poor and Protecting the Rich: What SNAP ‘Reform’ Means
Nearly a million children could risk going hungry.
Dec 12, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
The US Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to Random, Dangerous Countries The US Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to Random, Dangerous Countries
The move to offshore would-be asylees is a new low in the Trump administration’s war on immigrants.
Dec 12, 2019 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era The Politics of Abortion Is Entering a New Era
The Supreme Court won’t protect abortion access anymore. But thousands of activists will.
Dec 3, 2019 / Emily Douglas
Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines
Despite job growth, employees face daunting precarity—and they’re fed up.
Dec 2, 2019 / Bryce Covert
Congress’s Hong Kong Bill Is Giving Cover to Nationalism Congress’s Hong Kong Bill Is Giving Cover to Nationalism
Passed in support of the ongoing protests, its China-versus-the-West framing hurts progressive causes on all sides of the divide.
Nov 27, 2019 / Tobita Chow and Jake Werner
