The Rise of the Inequality Industry The Rise of the Inequality Industry
Since 2008, wonks, politicians, poets, and bankers have all started talking about inequality. But are they interested in making us more equal?
Sep 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Why Loan Sharks, Car Salesmen, and Payday Lenders Love Mick Mulvaney Why Loan Sharks, Car Salesmen, and Payday Lenders Love Mick Mulvaney
Trump’s pick to protect consumers is throwing students and members of the military under the bus.
Sep 13, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick
How Bad Is Trump for the Environment? How Bad Is Trump for the Environment?
Bill McKibben on the polluter in chief, Steve Phillips on moderate Republicans, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the inequality industry.
Sep 13, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy ‘Overtourism’ Is Driving Europeans Crazy
Is anti-tourist sentiment code for classism, racism, and xenophobia, or a legitimate concern over a city's capacity to accommodate visitors?
Sep 12, 2018 / Jessica Loudis
Don’t Let the Trump Administration Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children Don’t Let the Trump Administration Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children
You can also join a campaign to defund detention centers and sign up to phone bank to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Sep 11, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction
Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies. Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies.
Democrats would be wise to focus not just on Trump’s inanities but also on the real damage that he and his Republican allies are doing to our country.
Sep 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Are We on the Brink of Another Financial Crisis? Are We on the Brink of Another Financial Crisis?
Four steps we need to take to prevent another economic crash.
Sep 11, 2018 / Krishen Mehta
Colin Kaepernick and the Perils of the Swoosh Colin Kaepernick and the Perils of the Swoosh
We speak to former St. John’s soccer coach and human rights activist Jim Keady about his experience with Nike.
Sep 10, 2018 / Audio / Dave Zirin
Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced
As Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL moves forward, the league’s owners should be looking to settle. But they won’t… and maybe they can’t.
Sep 7, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Universal Broadband Won’t Save Us Universal Broadband Won’t Save Us
Broadband for all is a necessary policy. Just don’t expect it to end poverty.
Sep 6, 2018 / Julianne Tveten