Big Oil Really Wants to Kill Washington’s Green New Deal Big Oil Really Wants to Kill Washington’s Green New Deal
Will a record $28 million war chest sway Evergreen State voters?
Oct 26, 2018 / KC Golden
‘If We Won’t, Then Who Will?’: An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward ‘If We Won’t, Then Who Will?’: An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward
Maxmin, 25, is running for state representative in the most rural county in the most rural state in the country—at a time when young political candidates are having their moment.
Oct 25, 2018 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Populism’s Promise: Can Germany’s ‘Rise Up’ Unite the Democratic Masses? Populism’s Promise: Can Germany’s ‘Rise Up’ Unite the Democratic Masses?
This new left formation is trying to win back the blue-collar and middle-class voters who have drifted into the far right’s camp.
Oct 25, 2018 / Paul Hockenos
What Happened to All the Good Jobs? What Happened to All the Good Jobs?
How a decades-long campaign undermined the stability and security of American workers.
Oct 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Laura Marsh
Why Are Some People Paying to Work? Why Are Some People Paying to Work?
The guestworker visa program is fueling an international industry of recruiter fees and fraud.
Oct 23, 2018 / Michelle Chen
A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism
The Council of Economic Advisers’ investigation into the “opportunity costs of socialism” reads like a nervous undergraduate's term paper.
Oct 23, 2018 / Kate Aronoff
Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care
The GOP’s duck-and-cover effort impedes a debate we need to have on providing universal coverage and increasing Social Security.
Oct 23, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How the NCAA Gaslights America How the NCAA Gaslights America
Sports economist Andy Schwarz joins the show to talk NCAA, the FBI case, and alternatives.
Oct 23, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Bankers of the World, Unite! Bankers of the World, Unite!
To stabilize our economy, we should unionize the financial sector.
Oct 19, 2018 / Mike Konczal
That Trump Administration Claim That Poverty Is Low? Outright Flimflam. That Trump Administration Claim That Poverty Is Low? Outright Flimflam.
It’s based on deeply flawed methodology, resulting from a study whose conclusions are arbitrary. In fact, poverty is seriously understated.
Oct 18, 2018 / Jeff Madrick