Economy

Bernie Sanders

Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools

Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.

May 20, 2019 / Editorial / Nikhil Goyal

Anthony Abraham Jack

Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality

His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes. 

May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte

2019 State of the City

Can Anything Good Come of de Blasio’s Quixotic Quest for President? Can Anything Good Come of de Blasio’s Quixotic Quest for President?

New York’s mayor has delivered some real, progressive change—which is why he should remain focused on improving the lives of people in his city.

May 16, 2019 / Cities Rising / Jarrett Murphy

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class

If there’s a tax-evasion problem, it festers at the top of our income scale. Yet the IRS too often expends its precious resources going after the poor.

May 16, 2019 / Editorial / Bryce Covert

Sophie Lewis

Want to Dismantle Capitalism? Abolish the Family Want to Dismantle Capitalism? Abolish the Family

Feminist theorist Sophie Lewis’s new book looks at how rethinking pregnancy and the idea of family as forms of labor is central to emancipatory politics.

May 16, 2019 / Q&A / Rosemarie Ho

California food stamps

Economic Security Should Be Lifelong Economic Security Should Be Lifelong

The US government already has the means to assure lifelong financial stability to all Americans. Here’s how we can make it happen.

May 15, 2019 / Peter Barnes

Wrestling’s Radical Champion

Wrestling’s Radical Champion Wrestling’s Radical Champion

Wrestler David Starr joins the show to talk about his activism and the world of wrestling.

May 14, 2019 / Audio / Dave Zirin

Laura Flanders interview

A Message to Independent Journalists A Message to Independent Journalists

Maybe our job is not to achieve scale, to obey the protocols of the market, but to tip the scale.

May 14, 2019 / Laura Flanders

Geriatric Care

Washington State Has Created the Nation’s First Social-Insurance Program for Long-Term Care Washington State Has Created the Nation’s First Social-Insurance Program for Long-Term Care

When Americans age or need help with the basic tasks of living, they often have no one to turn to but their family members. A groundbreaking program in Washington will change that ...

May 13, 2019 / Bryce Covert

Bernie and AOC

AOC and Bernie Put Postal Banking Back on the Agenda AOC and Bernie Put Postal Banking Back on the Agenda

What Americans need now is banking that serves people, not Wall Street speculators.

May 10, 2019 / John Nichols

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