We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas. We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.
In a country that has always used race to justify inequality, ending police brutality is just the start.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith
Do You Think Products Made in China Should Be Called ‘US Exports’? Do You Think Products Made in China Should Be Called ‘US Exports’?
If not, we must stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership before it does more damage to our country.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / William Greider
Standardized Tests Are Weakening Our Democracy Standardized Tests Are Weakening Our Democracy
In The Tyranny of the Meritocracy, Lani Guinier argues that the SATs have become “accurate reflectors of wealth and little else.”
Jan 6, 2015 / Richard D. Kahlenberg
Why This Socialist Feminist Is For Hillary Why This Socialist Feminist Is For Hillary
The stalled revolution for gender equity won’t be won simply by installing a woman in the White House—but it can’t hurt.
Jan 5, 2015 / Feature / Suzanna Danuta Walters
Will Snap Elections Bring Greece’s Syriza to Power? Will Snap Elections Bring Greece’s Syriza to Power?
And if so, does the left party inherit a poisoned chalice? Or can it make a fresh start?
Dec 31, 2014 / Maria Margaronis
Dickens Was Right: the Real War on Christmas Is the War on the Poor Dickens Was Right: the Real War on Christmas Is the War on the Poor
A Dickensian year when food stamps were cut and bankers got everything they wanted
Dec 24, 2014 / John Nichols
Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty
In Edmund Fawcett’s new history, liberalism begins with capitalism and revolution.
Dec 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester
India’s Love Affair with the Privatization of Everything India’s Love Affair with the Privatization of Everything
Arundhati Roy's new book, Capitalism: A Ghost Story, reveals the contours of power in India today.
Dec 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Priyamvada Gopal
VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Blasts Citigroup From the Senate Floor VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Blasts Citigroup From the Senate Floor
Out of the Senate debate over another sellout to the big banks comes the clarion call for a new populist politics.
Dec 14, 2014 / John Nichols
The Spending Bill’s Wall Street Giveaway Is Bad, but That’s Not All The Spending Bill’s Wall Street Giveaway Is Bad, but That’s Not All
Along with hobbling Dodd-Frank, the so-called “Cromnibus” assaults a number of important priorities.
Dec 12, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter