The Fight for the Federal Reserve The Fight for the Federal Reserve
The left is split on whether President Biden should reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair or replace him with someone more aggressive on climate change.
Sep 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez
When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens? When Sex Workers Speak, Who Listens?
The initial decision by OnlyFans to ban porn illustrates how ostensibly legal online sex work is, in reality, criminalized.
Sep 6, 2021 / Emily Coombes
The New New Deal? The New New Deal?
Bernie Sanders says the Democratic caucus’s budget will be “the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor” since...
Sep 6, 2021 / John Nichols
There Is No Greater Threat to Worker Rights Than This Republican Party There Is No Greater Threat to Worker Rights Than This Republican Party
Despite what it says, the GOP is the party of capital, not labor.
Sep 3, 2021 / John Nichols
Sotomayor’s Defiant Dissent Sotomayor’s Defiant Dissent
In her blistering dissent, the Supreme Court justice calls out her conservative colleagues’ breathtaking disregard of precedent and the Constitution.
Sep 3, 2021 / Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Handmaid’s Jail Handmaid’s Jail
Harvest of shame. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of August 30.
Sep 3, 2021 / Steve Brodner
Guilty of Ecocide Guilty of Ecocide
The world court sides with the natural world.
The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment
Settlements offer a semblance of justice, but they don’t make victims of sexual harassment whole.
Sep 3, 2021 / Bryce Covert
A Federal Job Guarantee: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement A Federal Job Guarantee: The Unfinished Business of the Civil Rights Movement
The 1963 March on Washington put a government guarantee to a job at the front of the civil rights agenda. It’s long past time to complete the work.
Sep 2, 2021 / Rep. Ayanna Pressley and David Stein