Economy

Schumer DC

Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist? Why Did Chuck Schumer Hire an Ex–Goldman Sachs Lobbyist?

And what role will he have in recommending minority-party regulatory nominees?

May 9, 2018 / David Dayen

Roger Goodell

Roger Goodell Tries to Pass Buck on Protests Staged During Anthem Roger Goodell Tries to Pass Buck on Protests Staged During Anthem

Giving team owners power to determine anthem policy would be a violation of the collective-bargaining agreement, and the union is putting its foot down. 

May 9, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Queens Home Foreclosure

The Rent Is Too Damn High, and Progressives Need to Do Something The Rent Is Too Damn High, and Progressives Need to Do Something

Voters want real housing solutions but aren’t getting them from either party.

May 9, 2018 / Sean McElwee and Henry Kraemer

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The Rise and Fall of the Latin American Left The Rise and Fall of the Latin American Left

Conservatives now control Latin America’s leading economies, but the region’s leftists can still look to Uruguay for direction.

May 9, 2018 / Omar G. Encarnación

Millennials to Democrats: It’s the Economy, Stupid

Millennials to Democrats: It’s the Economy, Stupid Millennials to Democrats: It’s the Economy, Stupid

When it comes to economics, the party is in danger of losing young voters to the GOP.

May 8, 2018 / Miles Howard

Robert Reich: The Biggest Economic Problem You Aren’t Hearing About

Robert Reich: The Biggest Economic Problem You Aren’t Hearing About Robert Reich: The Biggest Economic Problem You Aren’t Hearing About

Monopolies are making life worse for the vast majority of us while enriching the very few.

May 8, 2018 / Video / The Nation

Gorbachev 1989

A Daughter’s Memories in Moscow A Daughter’s Memories in Moscow

When Mikhail Gorbachev came into power, my father offered his consulting services to fledging consumer enterprises in Russia, and several took him up on it.

May 8, 2018 / Michele Willens

Washington cheerleaders

NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment

The New York Times tells a story of cheerleaders feeling “pimped out” to team sponsors. 

May 4, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe? Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?

At a moment when many on the right and left have abandoned the European project, Greece’s former finance minister has other plans for the continent.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Postal Service Protest

In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing

Cutbacks have created a labor shortage at smaller stations, and mail carriers are struggling to do their jobs.

May 3, 2018 / Jake Bittle

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