Economy

Congressional candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier raised their hands with Mayor Zohran Mamdani (in the Knicks shirt) during a Get Out the Vote rally at King's Theater on June 18, 2026, in New York City.

What the DSA Influx Means for Albany What the DSA Influx Means for Albany

The DSA bloc in the Assembly can become a significant chunk of the Democratic majority.

Jun 30, 2026 / Ross Barkan

Larry Ellison, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.

For Larry Ellison, Buying Trump Is the Bargain of the Century For Larry Ellison, Buying Trump Is the Bargain of the Century

The billionaire has gotten media dominance and cozy government deals for what amounts to chicken feed.

Jun 29, 2026 / Jeet Heer

The heirs of the Boston Tea Partiers are fighting to block data-center projects.

We Were Founded on Anti-Monopoly Principles We Were Founded on Anti-Monopoly Principles

The premises of the American democratic vision must be applied to the economy if we are to be free in all alreas of life.

Jun 29, 2026 / Feature / Zephyr Teachout

Why Amazon Ditched Its Prestige Sam Altman Biopic

Why Amazon Ditched Its Prestige Sam Altman Biopic Why Amazon Ditched Its Prestige Sam Altman Biopic

Artificial had a roster of premier talent and a topical subject—but it no longer fit in with Jeff Bezos’s financial ambitions.

Jun 29, 2026 / Ben Schwartz

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan speaks to students of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, on December 3, 1997.

Requiem for Alan Greenspan the Bubble Master Requiem for Alan Greenspan the Bubble Master

Greenspan enthusiastically promoted the deregulation that characterized the era of high neoliberalism.

Jun 23, 2026 / Doug Henwood

Protesters demonstrate against Israel Bonds in Dublin on June 11, 2025.

The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds

How a little-known investment vehicle became a major source of financing for Israel—and a flash point in New York State politics.

Jun 23, 2026 / Aviva Stahl

JD Vance at a 2024 campaign stop in Milwaukee.

JD Vance’s Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir JD Vance’s Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir

The vice president claims to have reached a new level of spiritual maturity, but the evidence is nowhere in the pages of Communion.

Jun 23, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

Parlange, a plantation in Louisiana, continues to be owned and operated by the descendants of the original enslavers.

What Should Be Done With America’s Slave Mansions? What Should Be Done With America’s Slave Mansions?

A case for reimagining plantations—the engines of centuries of oppression—as laboratories for economic justice.

Jun 22, 2026 / Aaron Ross Coleman

New York State Senator Jabari Brisport (third from left), with New York City Council member Chi Osse (second from right), speaks at a protest against rent increases and aggressive evictions in Brooklyn in 2022.

The Battle for Black Brooklyn The Battle for Black Brooklyn

This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet.

Jun 19, 2026 / Mark Winston Griffith

Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew that economic security was fundamental to democracy.

We Can Still Realize FDR’s Vision We Can Still Realize FDR’s Vision

Roosevelt understood that freedom that extends from economic security.

Jun 18, 2026 / Feature / Harvey J. Kaye

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