How Progressive Is the Stimulus? How Progressive Is the Stimulus?
A massive cash bailout is necessary in the short term—but we need a longer-term vision to fix the flaws in our economy.
Mar 26, 2020 / Joelle Gamble
‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis ‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis
Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.
Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe
Bailouts Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Fair. Bailouts Are Coming. Here’s How to Make Them Fair.
If we are going to make taxpayers bail out big business, we need to insist that they keep workers on payroll—and pay them fairly.
Mar 26, 2020 / Bryce Covert for The Nation
Thomas Piketty: Confronting Our Long History of Massive Inequality Thomas Piketty: Confronting Our Long History of Massive Inequality
We talked to the French economist about his new book Capital and Ideology, his thoughts on Covid-19, and more.
Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
It’s Time to End the Fed’s ‘Monetary Triage’ It’s Time to End the Fed’s ‘Monetary Triage’
The IMF, not the US, should use its powers to make sure poor nations can afford to beat the coronavirus.
Mar 23, 2020 / David Adler and Andres Arauz
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before The Coronavirus Crisis Is Making a Guaranteed Income More Likely Than Ever Before
Republicans are pushing through a means-tested, non-universal cash assistance bill. Our podcast explains why that’s a mistake.
Mar 23, 2020 / Francis Reynolds
The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now
The greatest mistake would be to repeat our errors from the Great Recession.
Mar 19, 2020 / Mike Konczal
Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity
The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”
Mar 18, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe
Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt
Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.
Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams
With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
We’re seeing the steady erosion of everything familiar, the implosion of communal space, the sense that everyone, every surface, could be the enemy.
Mar 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky