Alan Krueger’s Radical Empiricism Alan Krueger’s Radical Empiricism
Remembering the Princeton economist who pioneered the study of the minimum wage.
Mar 20, 2019 / Matthew Zeitlin
The Rich Are Still Getting Richer The Rich Are Still Getting Richer
Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.
Feb 26, 2019 / Nomi Prins
‘We Need to Start Calling These Folks Out by Name’ ‘We Need to Start Calling These Folks Out by Name’
The Poor People’s Campaign is pushing DC officials to do more for economic justice in the nation’s capital.
Feb 25, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms. The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms.
Sure, the Senate will block them. But pushing things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All will energize grassroots activists and supercharge the coming presidential primary.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box
It’s good politics and good policy, and should be a winning formula in 2020.
Nov 15, 2018 / Chris Hughes
How Progressives Can Make Change on Election Day—No Matter What Happens With Congress How Progressives Can Make Change on Election Day—No Matter What Happens With Congress
Thirteen ballot initiatives that could raise wages, ban fracking, protect immigrants, and house the homeless.
Nov 5, 2018 / Cities Rising / Simon Davis-Cohen
Fighting for $15 in the Twin Cities Fighting for $15 in the Twin Cities
Minneapolis recently enacted a minimum-wage bump—will St. Paul be next?
Sep 18, 2018 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas
Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.
Aug 16, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Tipping Shortchanges Workers How Tipping Shortchanges Workers
In most US states, tipped employees are guaranteed only a small fraction of the federal minimum wage.
Jul 6, 2018 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power
The insurgent candidate from the Bronx is challenging Democrat Joseph Crowley with a scrappy grassroots campaign and a platform based on economic justice.
Jun 22, 2018 / Raina Lipsitz