Economy

Before ‘Unity,’ Sanders Must Stay in the Fight

Before ‘Unity,’ Sanders Must Stay in the Fight Before ‘Unity,’ Sanders Must Stay in the Fight

History will not judge the Sanders campaign by the number of votes he won but by how it has shaped this remarkable moment and continues to shape future debates.

Apr 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home

Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home

Here’s how it works.

Apr 20, 2016 / Editorial / Bryce Covert

School children sitting in class

Want Your Kids to Get a Good Education? Support Their Teachers’ Workplace Rights Want Your Kids to Get a Good Education? Support Their Teachers’ Workplace Rights

A new lawsuit pits teachers’ rights against students’ access to quality education. That argument doesn’t hold water.

Apr 20, 2016 / Michelle Chen

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers

14-year-old Corrine Bobb-Semple has lived in Bed-Stuy her whole life. Her classmates haven’t.

Apr 20, 2016 / Audio / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright

Art Matters, Even When You’re Poor

Art Matters, Even When You’re Poor Art Matters, Even When You’re Poor

I can’t often afford new toys for my son, but I can give him the gift of creativity.

Apr 19, 2016 / Alison Stine

Bernie Sanders leaves the Vatican

Why Sanders Skipped Clooney and Visited the Vatican Why Sanders Skipped Clooney and Visited the Vatican

Sanders’s hope for a moral economy is amplified at the Vatican.

Apr 19, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sanders Meets with Native American Leaders

Bernie Sanders Is Courting Indigenous Peoples—Even Those Who Pledged Not to Vote Bernie Sanders Is Courting Indigenous Peoples—Even Those Who Pledged Not to Vote

The presidential hopeful is linking his “political revolution” with the concerns of Native Americans.

Apr 18, 2016 / Andrew Bard Epstein

The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election

The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election The Most Important Protest of the 2016 Election

1,400 activists have been arrested at Democracy Awakening and Democracy Spring, but few in the media have covered it. 

Apr 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter and Ari Berman

A protester with a bullhorn at a protest in Albany

Today Is Tax Day—Are Corporations Paying Their Fair Share? Today Is Tax Day—Are Corporations Paying Their Fair Share?

The amount of money corporations offshore is enough to fund healthcare for over 2 billion people worldwide.

Apr 18, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Kshama Sawant $15 minimum wage protest

Hillary Was Nowhere to Be Seen in the Fight for 15—I Should Know Hillary Was Nowhere to Be Seen in the Fight for 15—I Should Know

Hillary’s “support” is welcome, and a sign that our movement has come far, but let’s be clear: She hasn’t always supported a $15 minimum wage. 

Apr 18, 2016 / Kshama Sawant

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