Economy

Hillary Women

Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss

Working-class women who voted for Trump tell us a lot about feminism’s relationship to class politics.

Nov 11, 2016 / Kathleen Geier

Mourn. Resist. Organize.

Mourn. Resist. Organize. Mourn. Resist. Organize.

As we prepare to cover a Trump administration, the stakes are higher than ever—and we can't do it without you.

Nov 10, 2016 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class

Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class

The numbers tell a different story.

Nov 10, 2016 / Monica Potts

This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change

This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change This Trade Deal Would Make It a Whole Lot Harder to Fight Climate Change

If the Trade in Services Agreement passes, individual countries wouldn’t be able to prioritize building a clean-energy infrastructure over fossil fuels.

Nov 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump supporters

The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen? The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen?

Like it or not, Tuesday’s ballot-box rebellion was a profound act of small-d democracy.

Nov 9, 2016 / Naked Democracy / William Greider

Minimum wage protest

Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency

But few of the 60 million Americans who cast their votes for Trump want to see a more top-heavy America.

Nov 9, 2016 / Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

Why Trump Won

Why Trump Won Why Trump Won

The Obama coalition works only if Democrats don’t throw white working people out of the boat.

Nov 9, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage

How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know?

How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know? How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know?

Despite the efforts of a new biographer, it seems that Greenspan was more flying by the seat of his pants than acting as a strategic policy-maker.

Nov 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Madrick

Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global

Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global

Lucha libre is a stylized struggle between good and evil that has been part of Mexican popular culture since the 1920s. Now its appeal has spread to North America and Japan.

Nov 9, 2016 / Benjamin Fernandez

Nevada Voters

10 Things Progressives Need to Do Now 10 Things Progressives Need to Do Now

Starting November 9, we have our work cut out for us.

Nov 8, 2016 / Ai-jen Poo

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