Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class
Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there.
Aug 11, 2025 / Bhaskar Sunkara
The Trump Economy? Some Reagan Parallels The Trump Economy? Some Reagan Parallels
In contrast with the now sober-seeming Reaganites, Trump has taken credit for the economy from day one.
Aug 7, 2025 / James K. Galbraith
How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule
His policies are making Americans less safe, less healthy, and more dead.
Aug 4, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage
Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact. Texas Ended In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants. Students Are Already Feeling the Impact.
“The message is loud and clear: You’re good enough to pick vegetables or clean hotel rooms, but not to go to college.”
Aug 4, 2025 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra
Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices Bringing Back Stagflation, Lower Growth, and Higher Prices
When Trump talks of turning the economy around, he speaks the truth—he just gets the direction of change wrong.
Aug 1, 2025 / Dean Baker
What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan
Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them.
Jul 28, 2025 / Brad Swanson
Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive
The doom-obsessed Democratic Party remains as unpopular as ever—but there is another path.
Jul 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer
It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American
The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.
Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris
The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman
The real Man of Steel wasn’t woke, but he was radical.
Jul 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Ozzy Osbourne, Rock God Despite Himself (1948–2025) Ozzy Osbourne, Rock God Despite Himself (1948–2025)
The Prince of Darkness, who gave us heavy metal as we know it, has been laid to rest.