The Scam at the Heart of New York’s Amazon Deal The Scam at the Heart of New York’s Amazon Deal
New York is struggling with competing housing, education, and transit crises. So why is it giving billions to a voracious mega-monopoly?
Nov 19, 2018 / Jarrett Murphy
As Toxic Smoke Blankets California, Who Has the Ability to Escape? As Toxic Smoke Blankets California, Who Has the Ability to Escape?
While the wealthy can flee toward cleaner air, the poorest have no choice but to stay put.
Nov 17, 2018 / Gabriel Thompson
Le’Veon Bell and the Politics of Anti-Solidarity Le’Veon Bell and the Politics of Anti-Solidarity
Pittsburgh Steelers players ransacked their teammate’s locker, and NFL owners were assuredly licking their chops as the scene unfolded.
Nov 16, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit
The EITC might be the most progressive part of the tax code, but it still fails to reach the country’s neediest.
Nov 15, 2018 / Colin McAuliffe and Sean McElwee
More Nurses Means Better Care—So Why Did This Ballot Measure Fail? More Nurses Means Better Care—So Why Did This Ballot Measure Fail?
Massachusetts rejected mandatory patient-to-staff ratios that advocates say could save lives.
Nov 15, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box
It’s good politics and good policy, and should be a winning formula in 2020.
Nov 15, 2018 / Chris Hughes
How Brown University Students and Dining Workers Got Better Working Conditions—Together How Brown University Students and Dining Workers Got Better Working Conditions—Together
They started by demanding air conditioning in the main campus dining hall—and now they’re asking for more.
Nov 14, 2018 / Lucas Smolcic Larson
Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes Caravan Migrants Carry Hopes Northward as Their Journey Resumes
Fleeing poverty and violence, three young men from Honduras join thousands who dream of better lives in the United States.
Nov 14, 2018 / Madeleine Wattenbarger
‘We Are Betting on Ourselves’: The WNBA Players Union Opts Out of Its CBA ‘We Are Betting on Ourselves’: The WNBA Players Union Opts Out of Its CBA
It’s an audacious move to achieve something other sports unions have not been able to accomplish: getting the bosses to open the books.
Nov 14, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms
New religious exemptions would make it even harder to secure reproductive-health care.
Nov 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen