Economy

Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up…

Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up… Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up…

Stock market, down.

May 5, 2025 / OppArt / Giulio Bonasera

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?

In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.

May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka

Sh*t Gets Real

Sh*t Gets Real Sh*t Gets Real

Pritzkrieg!

May 2, 2025 / Steve Brodner

The Last (Michael) Waltz

The Last (Michael) Waltz The Last (Michael) Waltz

We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.

May 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A television station on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange broadcasts Donald Trump announcing tariffs.

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 Signs of the Times

In NYC and across the nation, protests erupt.

May 1, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Steve Brodner

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters Union continue a strike at the company's delivery hubs in Maspeth, Queens, borough of New York City just days before Christmas on December 20, 2024.

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

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here” event Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan.

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

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters after signing a bill that raises the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour on June 3, 2014, in Seattle, Washington.

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

A restaurant receipt with Doordash printed in Lafayette, California, on March 3, 2021.

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

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