Economy

Trump Is Creating a Grifter Economy

Trump Is Creating a Grifter Economy Trump Is Creating a Grifter Economy

The White House’s economic plans help the scheming and powerful swindle ordinary Americans.

Nov 2, 2017 / Editorial / Mike Konczal

Greg Abbott

Texas Wants to Make It Easier to Fire People for Criminal Records Texas Wants to Make It Easier to Fire People for Criminal Records

An Obama-era rule is in danger if the Lone Star State’s lawsuit succeeds. 

Nov 1, 2017 / Eric Cortellessa

The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz

The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz

What does it mean for parents and their children to be “consumers” of education?

Nov 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Megan Erickson

Representatives from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and the Student/Farmworker Alliance point toward the office of Nelson Peltz, CEO of Trian Partners.

Support Farmworkers in Their Fight Against Sexual Violence Support Farmworkers in Their Fight Against Sexual Violence

You can also fight the Republicans’ tax plan and combat the Trump administration’s attempts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.

Oct 31, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Sex work protest

DC May Soon Be the First US City to Decriminalize Sex Work DC May Soon Be the First US City to Decriminalize Sex Work

A bill before the City Council aims to put sex workers’ well-being first.

Oct 31, 2017 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen

NAACP North Carolina

This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White

The chapter reveals the promise and pitfalls of racial-justice solidarity.

Oct 31, 2017 / Michael Schulson

What Killed the Democratic Party?

What Killed the Democratic Party? What Killed the Democratic Party?

A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.

Oct 30, 2017 / Feature / William Greider

GDB Puerto Rico

Meet the Legal Theorists Behind the Financial Takeover of Puerto Rico Meet the Legal Theorists Behind the Financial Takeover of Puerto Rico

Two lawyers argue that the feds should impose “dictatorships for democracy” on cities and government bodies in fiscal crisis.

Oct 30, 2017 / Simon Davis-Cohen

Walmart Interior

Restorative Justice for Shoplifting? A Court Calls It Extortion Restorative Justice for Shoplifting? A Court Calls It Extortion

A company’s program, used by Walmart and others, bypasses the cops.

Oct 30, 2017 / Jessica Pishko

speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017

Stop Listening to Trump and Start Listening to Real Populists Like Sherrod Brown Stop Listening to Trump and Start Listening to Real Populists Like Sherrod Brown

In case you missed it, the Ohio senator made a powerful speech this week against forced arbitration.

Oct 27, 2017 / John Nichols

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