Disaster Capitalism

Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over

Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over

Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.

Apr 20, 2017 / Bryce Covert

Brexit

The Far Right Finally Has Brexit—and It’s Making a Royal Mess of It The Far Right Finally Has Brexit—and It’s Making a Royal Mess of It

Just like the Republicans, the UK right doesn’t know what to do when it gets what it wants.

Apr 7, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates

Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates

It is time to revive a peace and justice movement calling for the United States to stop its endless wars and turn its resources and attention to rebuilding our own country.

Apr 4, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump Is Alt-Wrong

Trump Is Alt-Wrong Trump Is Alt-Wrong

ignore this…

Mar 30, 2017 / Peter Kuper

Donald Trump

Trump’s Budget Is a Perfect Reflection of Republican Values Trump’s Budget Is a Perfect Reflection of Republican Values

It’s cruel, duplicitous and ignorant.

Mar 23, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

die in rally

Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy. Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy.

And maybe that’s the whole point of the bill.

Mar 15, 2017 / The Nation

Canton March

How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class

Regaining the trust of working-class voters who supported Trump will take more than opposition—it will take a real commitment to addressing the challenges that working people face.

Mar 15, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rex Tillerson hearing

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

international womens day march

When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’? When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’?

Women who are concern trolling the strike seem most interested in persuading us to work with the Democratic Party.

Mar 7, 2017 / Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza

After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It

After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It After a Century of American Citizenship, Puerto Ricans Have Little to Show for It

Puerto Rico has never been more than a profit center for the US. Now an unelected board governs the island as a de facto collection agency for hedge funds and Wall Street speculato...

Mar 2, 2017 / Nelson Denis

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