Budgets

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Oakland Teachers’ Strike Revealed California’s Education Crisis

The Oakland Teachers’ Strike Revealed California’s Education Crisis The Oakland Teachers’ Strike Revealed California’s Education Crisis

The struggle for fair funding goes way beyond the district. So now the teachers are taking their fight to Sacramento.

Mar 18, 2019 / Bryce Covert

Alessandra Biaggi

Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany

How a new class of lawmakers is transforming the New York State legislature.

Mar 13, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Green New Compromise The Green New Compromise

Coming soon, to an op-ed near you!

Mar 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.

Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’ A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’

Seth Frotman has tough words for CFPB’s political leadership, and big ideas on how to solve the student-debt crisis. 

Mar 7, 2019 / George Zornick

Little girl at child care rally CA

Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare

It’s good for the economy and consistent with our values.

Feb 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump discusses immigration proposals

Yes, We Can Stop Trump’s Fake National Emergency Yes, We Can Stop Trump’s Fake National Emergency

Three ways to stop the scam to steal the money to build the wall.

Feb 15, 2019 / Elie Mystal

LaShawn Robinson outside the Connecticut Capitol

A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case

After Sheff v. O’Neill, Hartford, Connecticut, created a new model for school integration. Now a conservative law firm wants to dismantle it.

Feb 11, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen

Shutdown Workers

Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People

In other countries, locking out hundreds of thousands of public servants would lead to strikes. But not here.

Feb 6, 2019 / Joshua Holland

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