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Today 5:00 am
Single-Stair Layouts Are Not Going to Fix the Housing Crisis
They’re a good idea, but they’re not going to liberate us from capitalism.
Kate Wagner
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Yesterday 2:30 pm
Howard Schultz’s Union-Busting Paternalism
The former Starbucks CEO faced tough questions at a Senate hearing—and didn’t have much to say.
Chris Lehmann
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March 28, 2023
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March 27, 2023
What Will Macron Do When Arbitrary Arrests and Police Violence Fail?
Bypassing the National Assembly to force through his unpopular pension reform looked like a clever move—until it brought the French people back onto the streets.
Harrison Stetler
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March 24, 2023
You Can’t Solve the Homelessness Crisis Without Housing
In the Western states, encampments continue to proliferate. If city governments want to ameliorate the crisis, they’re going to have to provide shelter.
Sasha Abramsky
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March 24, 2023
Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles
This week’s massive jobs action also represents a model for building worker power.
Alex Caputo-Pearl
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March 24, 2023
You Can’t Even Tell Who’s Rich Anymore
Billionaires dress like the guy next door, which elides the fact of our ever-worsening inequality.
Kate Wagner
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March 23, 2023
The Childcare Crisis Is Getting Worse
When child care is unaffordable and unavailable, people can’t get to work—it’s mainly mothers who are held back.
Bryce Covert
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March 22, 2023
The Cost of Housing in America Has Become Untenable
A permanent cohort of people without housing has come to seem like a natural part of American life.
Rebecca Gordon
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March 22, 2023
Should President Biden Run for Reelection? A “Nation” Forum
We wanted to know what prominent progressive Democrats, left-leaning independents, and battleground state activists were thinking. So we asked them.
Various Contributors