After 100 Days of Trump, a Growing Economy Started Shrinking After 100 Days of Trump, a Growing Economy Started Shrinking
And according to the president, it’s all Joe Biden’s fault.
May 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Signs of the Times Signs of the Times
In NYC and across the nation, protests erupt.
May 1, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Steve Brodner
A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast
Although there’s been an uptick in labor organizing in recent years, it hasn’t been the “resurgence” that many commentators claim it is.
May 1, 2025 / Benjamin Y. Fong
May Day Is a Day for Strikes May Day Is a Day for Strikes
May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again.
May 1, 2025 / Shawn Fain
Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda
The American people can smell a rat. If we want to be trusted partners, we have to show we are worthy of the trust and be willing to do what it takes to engage, explain and bring ...
Apr 29, 2025 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Did You Know Consumer Debt Has Reached an All-Time High? Did You Know Consumer Debt Has Reached an All-Time High?
And total household debt now exceeds $18 trillion.
Apr 28, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A YIMBY Theory of Power A YIMBY Theory of Power
Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.”
Apr 28, 2025 / Ned Resnikoff
Trump Is Waging War on the Poor Trump Is Waging War on the Poor
The current crisis builds on decades of neoliberal plunder and economic austerity authored by both conservative and liberal politicians.
Apr 25, 2025 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back
Reclaiming the Democratic Party for Working Families Reclaiming the Democratic Party for Working Families
A call to action.
Apr 25, 2025 / Bruce Raynor and Andy Stern
Trump’s Economic Advisers Are Suddenly Trying to Act Normal Trump’s Economic Advisers Are Suddenly Trying to Act Normal
After global panic over the president’s trade proposals, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is downplaying his boss’s bluster.
Apr 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann