Economy

The Mobilization That Must Start Now

The Mobilization That Must Start Now The Mobilization That Must Start Now

With the coronavirus bearing down on our economy, we must deploy all our resources now to survive—so that one day we may thrive.

Mar 18, 2020 / Feature / James K. Galbraith

Bernie Sanders

Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield

The insurgent has to decide whether to keep fighting in the primaries—or push for a radical economic program in Congress.

Mar 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer

Sara Nelson speaking at press conference

Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity

The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”

Mar 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Sarah Jaffe

Student debt protest

Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt

Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.

Mar 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams

A worker cleans seat after Covid-19 cancellation

‘We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To’: A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton ‘We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To’: A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton

The leading anthropologist, academic, and analyst of sports and disease offers an unsparing assessment of the sports world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Dave Zirin

As the Lights Go Down in New York City

As the Lights Go Down in New York City As the Lights Go Down in New York City

What will still be here, once we’re allowed to go out again?

Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Joan Walsh

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

A global pandemic coinciding with a presidential campaign is the time to make the case for boosting the closest thing America has to an immune system: our social safety net.

Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic

Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic

Support low-income, incarcerated, homeless, and undocumented people confronting the harshest effects of the crisis.

Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / NationAction

The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility

The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility

Nicholas Lemann’s history of 20th century corporations, Transaction Man, shows how an unrelenting faith in the market and profit doomed the American economy.

Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Bill Gates

Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself) Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself)

His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own.

Mar 17, 2020 / 2021 Year in Review / Tim Schwab

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