Economy

Protests in Puerto Rico

Why Half a Million Puerto Ricans Are Protesting in the Streets Why Half a Million Puerto Ricans Are Protesting in the Streets

Battered by scandal and exhausted by austerity, they seek to determine their own political future.

Jul 19, 2019 / Ed Morales

The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change

The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change The Street-by-Street Battle Against Climate Change

While the Trump administration rolls back environmental protections and flouts science, this neighborhood is actually preparing.

Jul 17, 2019 / Taking Heat / Audrea Lim

Protesters demonstrate

How Medicare for All Would Stop Hospitals Like Hahnemann From Closing How Medicare for All Would Stop Hospitals Like Hahnemann From Closing

Taking the profit motive out of health care would ensure that hospitals could provide excellent care to all who need it.

Jul 16, 2019 / Adam Gaffney

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Letters From the July 29-August 5, 2019, Issue Letters From the July 29-August 5, 2019, Issue

In defense of aesthetes… The imperfect vs. the irredeemable… Pigs in space…

Jul 16, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers

There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump

There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump There’s One Heresy That Sets Bernie Apart From All Other Dem Contenders to Unseat Trump

And it’s not simply that he calls himself a socialist.

Jul 16, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin

Saudi Ship Dockworkers Protest

How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade

Across Europe, a series of coordinated actions at shipping ports have challenged Saudi violence against the Yemeni people.

Jul 16, 2019 / Katy Fox-Hodess

Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse

Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse

To replace a disgraced secretary of labor, Trump has elevated a sweatshop lobbyist.

Jul 15, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Rana Plaza protest

6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?

Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.

Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

The Class Politics of the Civil War

The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War

By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...

Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes

Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal

Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal

A blue-green coalition between organized labor and climate activists is no longer a pipe dream.

Jul 12, 2019 / Bob Massie

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