Economics

Russ Feingold Is Running Again for the Senate and for Economic Fairness

Russ Feingold Is Running Again for the Senate and for Economic Fairness Russ Feingold Is Running Again for the Senate and for Economic Fairness

“We need to get started fixing all this,” says Wisconsin progressive.

May 14, 2015 / John Nichols

Why Progressives Want to Rewrite the Rules—and the Story—of the US Economy

Why Progressives Want to Rewrite the Rules—and the Story—of the US Economy Why Progressives Want to Rewrite the Rules—and the Story—of the US Economy

A conversation with the Roosevelt Institute’s Mike Konczal.

May 14, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

The Imaginary Public Support for Obama’s Trade Agenda

The Imaginary Public Support for Obama’s Trade Agenda The Imaginary Public Support for Obama’s Trade Agenda

Why does the White House keep telling reporters the public is lining up behind the trade push?

May 13, 2015 / George Zornick

Labour’s Love’s Lost

Labour’s Love’s Lost Labour’s Love’s Lost

The party must renew links to British civil society.

May 13, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Nimbler Than Nimbyism

Nimbler Than Nimbyism Nimbler Than Nimbyism

D.W. Gibson gets beyond the banter about gentrification.

May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Abigail Savitch-Lew

Could Fast Track Ultimately Destroy Dodd-Frank? (Yes.)

Could Fast Track Ultimately Destroy Dodd-Frank? (Yes.) Could Fast Track Ultimately Destroy Dodd-Frank? (Yes.)

The White House has been going hard against Elizabeth Warren for making this claim—but she’s right.

May 12, 2015 / George Zornick

Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

The president’s suggestion that his critics do not understand trade issues is “absolutely inaccurate.”

May 11, 2015 / John Nichols

Hillary-Clinton

Hillary Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom. So Will She Change Her Mind About Welfare Reform? Hillary Clinton Wants to Help Families at the Bottom. So Will She Change Her Mind About Welfare Reform?

Clinton said as recently as the 2008 campaign that welfare reform was a success, but its track record has proven otherwise for the country’s poorest.

May 11, 2015 / Bryce Covert

A Resounding Message From Scotland: Break the ‘Cozy Consensus’ Around  ‘Slash-and-Burn Austerity’

A Resounding Message From Scotland: Break the ‘Cozy Consensus’ Around ‘Slash-and-Burn Austerity’ A Resounding Message From Scotland: Break the ‘Cozy Consensus’ Around ‘Slash-and-Burn Austerity’

American progressives can learn a lot from the new anti-cuts politics.

May 8, 2015 / John Nichols

Nepal’s Double Disaster

Nepal’s Double Disaster Nepal’s Double Disaster

Long before the quake, Nepal suffered the rupturing shocks of global capitalism.

May 8, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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