Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal Michelle Goldberg: The Time Is Right for a Green New Deal
Plus George Zornick on Elizabeth Warren and Michael Walzer on building a movement.
Feb 28, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike
Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”
Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols
Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare
It’s good for the economy and consistent with our values.
Feb 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Rich Are Still Getting Richer The Rich Are Still Getting Richer
Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.
Feb 26, 2019 / Nomi Prins
Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left
A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.
Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh
Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home Shrinking the Military-Industrial Complex by Putting It to Work at Home
It’s not a pipe dream.
Feb 26, 2019 / Feature / Peter-Christian Aigner and Michael Brenes
White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy White Women Prospered on the Brutality of the Slave Economy
Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers’s new book is a definitive account of how deeply invested white women were in slavery in the South.
Feb 26, 2019 / Lynne Feeley
PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark
The slow death of Detroit’s famous Packard Automotive Plant.
Feb 25, 2019 / Photo Essay / Camilo José Vergara
Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building Capitalism Is Responsible for Your Depressing Office Building
Over a century ago, John Ruskin predicted how ugly and inhuman industrialized capitalism would become.
Feb 25, 2019 / Chris Gelardi