Economy

Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor

Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor

His deep ties to organized labor and Democratic institutions make him a tough opponent for the city’s left. Yet the same institutional checks that have long frustrated progressives...

Jul 12, 2021 / Column / Ross Barkan

What Next for Haiti?

What Next for Haiti? What Next for Haiti?

The announced arrests didn’t solve the murder of Jovenel Moïse. Nor do they address the deeper problems of a country where the presidency has become a business, not a duty.

Jul 12, 2021 / Amy Wilentz

Selling Fear to Profit

Selling Fear to Profit Selling Fear to Profit

Americans are sold fear of “the Other” so gun manufacturers can make billions.

Jul 12, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

The Movement President

The Movement President The Movement President

Did Ronald Reagan help launch a movement—or did a set of movements help launch him? 

Jul 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney

President Joe Biden

Joe Biden Just Threw Down the Anti-Monopoly Gauntlet—but One Big Question Remains Joe Biden Just Threw Down the Anti-Monopoly Gauntlet—but One Big Question Remains

This president’s executive order on Friday afternoon forcefully rejected the pro-monopoly worldview of the last 50 years.

Jul 9, 2021 / Zephyr Teachout

Abbott’s Habit

Abbott’s Habit Abbott’s Habit

Tricked-out Exxon. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of July 5.

Jul 9, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Climate Finance Day rally

Why Shouldn’t the People Own the Banks? Why Shouldn’t the People Own the Banks?

A municipally chartered public bank would not be beholden to the often predatory commercial banking sector.

Jul 9, 2021 / Michelle Chen

Suffocating in Plastic

Suffocating in Plastic Suffocating in Plastic

Devoured by pollution

Jul 9, 2021 / OppArt / Glen Gerrard

MacKenzie Scott

Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New Good Billionaire Meet MacKenzie Scott, Our New Good Billionaire

With Bill Gates in disgrace, oligarchy's apologists have been pushing Scott as a replacement. But is Jeff Bezos's ex-wife really an improvement?

Jul 9, 2021 / Tim Schwab

Union picket

How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table How Labor Can Win at the Bargaining Table

A new report from Berkeley is a rare piece of good news for American labor—and a bracing reminder of what real organizing looks like.

Jul 8, 2021 / Sam Gindin

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