How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty How a Guaranteed Income Could Relieve the ‘Pressure Cooker’ of Poverty
In December, a group of low-income mothers in Mississippi will begin receiving $1,000 a month, no strings attached.
Oct 1, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era Building Immigrant Communities in the Trump Era
Immigrant networks ought to be supported and funded, not dismantled and driven into hiding.
Sep 28, 2018 / Kavitha Rajagopalan
Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.
Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.
Sep 27, 2018 / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi
Big Wins by Down-Ballot Progressives Are Going to Transform New York Politics Big Wins by Down-Ballot Progressives Are Going to Transform New York Politics
Insurgents did not win statewide races, but they brought down six former IDC incumbents.
Sep 14, 2018 / John Nichols
‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy ‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy
Is anti-tourist sentiment code for classism, racism, and xenophobia, or a legitimate concern over a city's capacity to accommodate visitors?
Sep 12, 2018 / Jessica Loudis
Can New York’s Politics Finally Be As Progressive as Its Voters? Can New York’s Politics Finally Be As Progressive as Its Voters?
Republican-allied “Independent Democrats” face serious primary challenges from newly energized, activist candidates vowing to move the state party closer to its leftist base.
Sep 12, 2018 / Sean McElwee
Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies. Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies.
Democrats would be wise to focus not just on Trump’s inanities but also on the real damage that he and his Republican allies are doing to our country.
Sep 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Universal Broadband Won’t Save Us Universal Broadband Won’t Save Us
Broadband for all is a necessary policy. Just don’t expect it to end poverty.
Sep 6, 2018 / Julianne Tveten
Rahm Emanuel Will Be Remembered as Chicago’s ‘Murder Mayor’ Rahm Emanuel Will Be Remembered as Chicago’s ‘Murder Mayor’
The outgoing mayor's legacy will be defined by austerity, privatization, displacement, gun violence, and police brutality.
Sep 5, 2018 / Miles Kampf-Lassin
Kicking ICE Out of the Courthouses Kicking ICE Out of the Courthouses
When immigrants can’t seek justice for fear of deportation, the system is broken.
Sep 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen