Economy

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Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure

The president’s latest proposal does nothing to change the fact that he has failed to deliver on the American people’s top priority.

Feb 6, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

Remember pensions?

Feb 6, 2018 / Helaine Olen

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Millennials Are Keeping Unions Alive Millennials Are Keeping Unions Alive

Jobs are precarious, health-care costs are skyrocketing, and wages aren’t keeping up with the cost of living—no wonder young people are organizing.

Feb 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen

How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago

How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago

The Populists was a multi-racial movement of workers and farmers—and they made the powerful quake.

Feb 5, 2018 / Video / The Nation

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White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism

Altruism is too often carried along by the currents of racist capitalism.

Feb 5, 2018 / Jesse A. Myerson

Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City

Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City

Local organizers are using old-fashioned solidarity to combat the corporate prom that is Super Bowl week in the Twin Cities.

Feb 1, 2018 / Dave Zirin

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Here Comes the Next Financial Crisis Here Comes the Next Financial Crisis

Trump’s deregulators are setting the economy on fire.

Feb 1, 2018 / Nomi Prins

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The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—and What to Do About It The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—and What to Do About It

White women do not—and likely will not—constitute the progressive base. But many more of them might vote Democratic in the coming elections.

Feb 1, 2018 / Editorial / Julie Kohler

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It’s a Worldwide Trend: More Women Are Being Imprisoned Than Ever Before It’s a Worldwide Trend: More Women Are Being Imprisoned Than Ever Before

As globalization has pushed more women into the labor market, it has also made them more susceptible to criminalization.

Feb 1, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Destroy Our Nation’s Water Systems Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Destroy Our Nation’s Water Systems

Privatization and deregulation could damage city water supplies and lead to pollution of our natural environment.

Jan 30, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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