Hunger and Hope in Haiti Hunger and Hope in Haiti
Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Mia Birdsong on poverty, and Kate Aronoff and Michael Kazin on socialism.
Jan 16, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Puerto Rico: Left in the Dark Puerto Rico: Left in the Dark
Jan 15, 2020 / OppArt / Igor Kopelnitsky
Pete and Amy Needed to Crush the Iowa Debate. They Did Not. Pete and Amy Needed to Crush the Iowa Debate. They Did Not.
Buttigieg and Klobuchar have to do well in their neighboring Midwestern state’s caucus to advance, and their mediocre nights didn’t help them.
Jan 15, 2020 / Joan Walsh
‘The Nation’ Names Elie Mystal Justice Correspondent and Ken Klippenstein DC Correspondent ‘The Nation’ Names Elie Mystal Justice Correspondent and Ken Klippenstein DC Correspondent
Mystal and Klippenstein join a world class lineup of political writers and thinkers poised to deliver landmark coverage of the 2020 election and the lasting impacts of the Trump ad...
Jan 15, 2020 / Press Room
Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game
Instead of accepting Trump’s trade deal and compromises on saving the planet, Sanders said in Tuesday’s debate, “We need some corporate responsibility here.”
Jan 15, 2020 / John Nichols
Why Was Pete Buttigieg Still on the Debate Stage—and Kamala Harris Wasn’t? Why Was Pete Buttigieg Still on the Debate Stage—and Kamala Harris Wasn’t?
Voters of color are the base of the Democratic Party, but in 2020 they can’t be the face of it.
Jan 15, 2020 / Elie Mystal
New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs
The measure could tip the scales in favor of keeping stores and factories open and people employed.
Jan 15, 2020 / Bryce Covert
H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction H.T. Tsiang, the Flâneur of Socialist Fiction
In the Chinese writer’s novels we are given a portrait of a New York City for the rich and the poor, the immigrant and the native-born, the newly homeless and the seasoned itineran...
Jan 15, 2020 / Nawal Arjini
The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty
The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in economics represent a new strain of neoliberal thought.
Jan 15, 2020 / Aparna Gopalan
‘Let’s Give Them Money’: Could Guaranteed Income Be a Solution to Wealth Inequality? ‘Let’s Give Them Money’: Could Guaranteed Income Be a Solution to Wealth Inequality?
The first episode of our new podcast about guaranteed income, deservedness, and the country America can and should be.
Jan 15, 2020 / Podcast / Mia Birdsong