Class

Fighting Poverty

In the Richest Country in the World, Precarity Is the Norm In the Richest Country in the World, Precarity Is the Norm

Policy-makers in Washington and so many states continue to legislate as if inequality weren’t an emergency for tens, if not hundreds, of millions of us.

Nov 2, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

A volunteer cuts out stickers outside of a satellite polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In This Time of “Polycrisis,” the Midterms Are More Critical Than Ever In This Time of “Polycrisis,” the Midterms Are More Critical Than Ever

The world’s multiplying crises must be addressed. The question is by whom.

Nov 1, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Wall Street Raging Bull

The Fed’s Ruinous Course The Fed’s Ruinous Course

It’s kneecapping workers to prove its credibility with Wall Street.

Oct 31, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage

Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature

Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature

What’s their secret sauce? Support for public education.

Oct 28, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

RA University Union

Your College RA Deserves a Union Your College RA Deserves a Union

Resident Advisers are workers and should demand employment status, union recognition, and fair wages. Universities cannot function without them.

Oct 28, 2022 / StudentNation / Ava Young-Stoner

How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis?

How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis? How Useful Is Theory In Moments of Crisis?

A conversation with sociologist Dylan Riley about the state of left politics, defending social theory as a political tool, and his new book Microverses.

Oct 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller

How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth

How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth

Industry encroachment and farm consolidation contributed to decades of Black-owned land loss. In North Carolina, many are fighting to recoup what was lost.

Oct 26, 2022 / Photo Essay / Cameron Oglesby

Mike Davis.

Mike Davis: 1946–2022 Mike Davis: 1946–2022

A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist’s eye and a historian’s memory.

Oct 25, 2022 / Obituary / Jon Wiener

Democrats Have Helped Working-Class Americans. They Need to Say So Loudly.

Democrats Have Helped Working-Class Americans. They Need to Say So Loudly. Democrats Have Helped Working-Class Americans. They Need to Say So Loudly.

The Biden administration’s victories aren’t boosting Democrats’ chances next month.

Oct 25, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy

Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy

Pollster Stanley Greenberg is the Cassandra warning of Democratic Party complacency.

Oct 24, 2022 / Jeet Heer

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