Economics

The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers

The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers

Pregnant women face discrimination up and down the economic ladder—but low-wage workers suffer the most.

Aug 12, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won

How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won

A natural gas pipeline was scheduled to go online in 2017, but TransCanada wasn’t counting on indigenous resistance.

Aug 12, 2019 / Martha Pskowski

Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse

Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse

Under pressure from the US to ramp up deterrence, security forces have been implicated in the killing of at least two migrants this year.

Aug 9, 2019 / John Washington

New Belgium Brewing

Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism

What if employee-owned businesses were the key to a healthier, more humane economy?

Aug 8, 2019 / Nathan Schneider

Uber San Francisco

Uber and Lyft Hate This Bill Uber and Lyft Hate This Bill

California’s AB5 could radically change the gig economy in the ride-hailing services’ home state.

Aug 2, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda

Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda

Playing up the China threat might look like a no-brainer for Democrats trying to beef up their foreign policy credentials. But the strategy could backfire.

Aug 1, 2019 / Jake Werner

Donald Trump

Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition

Over 100 years ago, the US exploited racial differences to distract the country from its overwhelming inequality. Trump is doing the same.

Aug 1, 2019 / Adam Hochschild

The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt

The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt

The Democratic presidential proposals represent a dramatic shift in the nationwide discussion about tuition costs and student loan debt.

Aug 1, 2019 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations

The Massachusetts senator’s latest plan is about power as much as policies.

Jul 31, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker

CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn’t Happen.

CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn’t Happen. CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn’t Happen.

How the two progressive champions turned a Fortnite Battle Royale into The Hunger Games.

Jul 31, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan

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