Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump
The 2016 election was really a battle about having an open society.
Mar 14, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel
Trumpcare Is a Political Disaster—for Trump Trumpcare Is a Political Disaster—for Trump
Failure to pass a bill reveals the White House’s weakness. But passing the bill will ravage Trump’s base.
Mar 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh
The Fight to Save the Affordable Care Act Is Really a Class Battle The Fight to Save the Affordable Care Act Is Really a Class Battle
Starting to mitigate America’s yawning class divide is exactly what the ACA did. And that’s exactly what the Republican plan would undo.
Mar 9, 2017 / Feature / Angela Bonavoglia
At Labor’s Crossroads At Labor’s Crossroads
Three new books about the SEIU reveal the challenges of organizing in 21st-century America.
Mar 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rich Yeselson
Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans
But we are not going to be played like this.
Mar 7, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality
Poverty is not an abstraction. People wear it on their faces, carry it on their backs as a constant companion—and it is heavy.
Mar 6, 2017 / Dennis Kucinich
Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend
It’s part of a new wave of demonstrations and organizing drives linking workers’ rights and civil rights.
Mar 3, 2017 / John Nichols
How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform
Harold Meyerson on beating Trump from the left, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Joan Walsh on Harry Belafonte.
Mar 2, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Is Our President Bonkers? Is Our President Bonkers?
Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.
Mar 1, 2017 / William Greider
Trump’s Budget Proposal Is an Attack on the Working Class Trump’s Budget Proposal Is an Attack on the Working Class
Trump’s vision to make America great again would actually eviscerate the already disintegrating social safety net.
Feb 28, 2017 / Michelle Chen