Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices
When Trump talks of turning the economy around, he speaks the truth—he just gets the direction of change wrong.
Aug 1, 2025 / Dean Baker
It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again
When the government obstructs care, caregivers must go underground.
Aug 1, 2025 / Eric Reinhart
Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China
If the planet is to survive, the future needs to be green. China seems to get that—but the US is blowing it.
Aug 1, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Democrats: Let’s Get Our Shit Together! Democrats: Let’s Get Our Shit Together!
Or, to put it another way: Stop helping Republicans and back people like Zohran Mamdani. Now!
Aug 1, 2025 / Justin Brannan
Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For? Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For?
Donald Trump said this week that a known Epstein victim was one of the people “stolen” from Mar-a-Lago by the convicted sex offender. Could Trump have known what would happen to h...
Jul 31, 2025 / Joan Walsh
A Majority of Senate Democrats Now Oppose Arms Shipments to Israel A Majority of Senate Democrats Now Oppose Arms Shipments to Israel
“The tide is turning,” says Bernie Sanders. “The American people do not want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.”
Jul 31, 2025 / John Nichols
With Trump, the US Is Getting a Taste of Its Own Medicine With Trump, the US Is Getting a Taste of Its Own Medicine
The pathological US support for dictatorships in the Middle East is blowing back across the Atlantic Ocean.
Jul 31, 2025 / Juan Cole
Condoning Wrongdoing Condoning Wrongdoing
America voted against itself.
How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial
But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.
Jul 31, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think
On Tech Won't Save Us: Jacob Silverman on how Trump is enriching himself through crypto scams.
Jul 31, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx