Alaska’s Special Election Offers a Lesson for Democrats Alaska’s Special Election Offers a Lesson for Democrats
The race can be a road map for campaigns in areas the party has all but written off.
Sep 13, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis” Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis”
To understand why more rain means less drinking water in Mississippi’s capital, you need to look to the state’s racist past—and the present malign neglect of its Black citizens.
Sep 6, 2022 / Makani Themba
Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister
With the Labour Party tacking toward the center, the role of actually opposing this new Thatcher wannabe has fallen on an increasingly militant, confident, articulate, and strategi...
Sep 6, 2022 / Gary Younge
The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death The Alternative to Working Ourselves to Death
Investments in better jobs today mean better retirements tomorrow.
Sep 5, 2022 / Beth C. Truesdale and Lisa F. Berkman
Biden’s Debt Relief Is Actually a Victory for Left Organizing Biden’s Debt Relief Is Actually a Victory for Left Organizing
The former “senator from MBNA” didn’t deliver student debt relief out of the goodness of his heart—but in response to a long, well-organized campaign.
Aug 29, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation Is a Huge Win—but It’s Not Enough Joe Biden’s $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation Is a Huge Win—but It’s Not Enough
It’s time to make higher education a true public good, with free-college legislation.
Aug 24, 2022 / Suzanne Kahn
Workers Are Organizing Independently. Why Don’t Our Politicians Seem to Care? Workers Are Organizing Independently. Why Don’t Our Politicians Seem to Care?
It’s the only protection workers have against corporate resistance to unionizing.
Aug 23, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence
Caught between a Russian past and a NATO future, the poorest country in the EU faces a political crisis—and a struggle over competing visions of national pride.
Aug 22, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Schumer’s Inflation Reduction Act Includes a Smart Tax on Corporations Schumer’s Inflation Reduction Act Includes a Smart Tax on Corporations
The 1 percent excise tax targets stock buybacks that have been used to avoid taxes and inflate CEO pay.
Aug 5, 2022 / John Nichols
The Democrats’ Working-Class Deficit The Democrats’ Working-Class Deficit
Why is the party of working people in danger of becoming the party of upscale voters? Don’t blame the left.
Aug 5, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and The Nation