Letters From the April 10, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 10, 2017, Issue
The road to Trump… Alien-Nation… The people’s news… Crash!… The past as prologue?…
Mar 23, 2017 / Our Readers and Matt Stoller
Trump’s Relentless, Chaotic Distractions Trump’s Relentless, Chaotic Distractions
His budget proposal is a distraction from his conflicts of interest which is a distraction from ICE deportations.
Mar 21, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve Here’s What You Need to Know About the Federal Reserve
We demand way too much from the central bank—but that’s because our elected politicians have done almost nothing to revive the economy.
Mar 17, 2017 / William Greider
Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural
A nasty White House battle has broken out between right-wing nationalists and globalist financiers.
Mar 16, 2017 / William Greider
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
Republicans Keep Showing Us Who They Are Republicans Keep Showing Us Who They Are
And we should believe them.
Mar 14, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference
We’re not readers, but active participants—with the ability to rewrite the ending.
Mar 13, 2017 / John Feffer
Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order
Despite profound discontent, the prospect of an exit from the neoliberal orthodoxies of the past 40 years terrifies even those who know how much they have suffered from it.
Mar 6, 2017 / Perry Anderson
Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show
Trump showed he can play a president on TV Tuesday, but that’s it.
Mar 1, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
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