Economics

Wall Street Raging Bull

Wall Street Has Some Advice for the Democratic Party Wall Street Has Some Advice for the Democratic Party

And Democrats need to ignore it. 

Oct 23, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge

America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge

The Nobel Prize winner argues that an economy dominated by large corporations has failed the many and enriched the few.

Oct 23, 2017 / Joseph E. Stiglitz

DEA arrest

Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration

And use the savings to help the poor.

Oct 20, 2017 / Alex S. Vitale

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break

Senators Bernie Sanders and Tammy Baldwin led the opposition with a pair of amendments that challenged a “horrible bill.”

Oct 20, 2017 / John Nichols

The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children

The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children

By not expanding the Child Tax Credit, Republicans have missed a chance to help every struggling American family.

Oct 20, 2017 / Bryce Covert

Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May

Jeremy Corbyn Could Be the Next British Prime Minister. Now Comes the Hard Part. Jeremy Corbyn Could Be the Next British Prime Minister. Now Comes the Hard Part.

The British left should temper its delight with strategic thinking. An enemy awaits: international capital.

Oct 20, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Broadband router cable

Turning Broadband Access Into a Social Movement Turning Broadband Access Into a Social Movement

Solutions to the digital divide won’t come from Washington but from our own backyards.

Oct 19, 2017 / Michelle Chen

America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail

America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail

Seventy percent of people in jail haven’t been convicted of a crime. They just can’t afford bail.

Oct 19, 2017 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Central American migrants

How US Foreign Policy Helped Create the Immigration Crisis How US Foreign Policy Helped Create the Immigration Crisis

Neoliberal strictures, support for oligarchs, and the War on Drugs have impoverished millions and destabilized Latin America.

Oct 18, 2017 / Jeff Faux

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

What’s Even Scarier Than Donald Trump? What’s Even Scarier Than Donald Trump?

Take a look at the Senate budget.

Oct 18, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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