Economy

Obama 2008

How Will History Judge Barack Obama? How Will History Judge Barack Obama?

The president succeeded in repairing our institutions—but millions of Americans wanted to blow them up instead.

Dec 15, 2016 / Editorial / Chris Hayes

Obama gives State of the Union

I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already

Before Trump’s election, we on the left didn’t give President Obama enough credit. Why?

Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Obama 2008 supporters

The Deferred Dream of Barack Obama The Deferred Dream of Barack Obama

His presidency remains symbolic—but it has become an emblem of America’s refusal to truly change.

Dec 15, 2016 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

Obama Iraq press conference

Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room

The president’s insistence on thinking before acting drove the media around the bend... and toward Donald Trump.

Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Teamsters United

A Lesson on How to Unite Across Race and Class From… the Teamsters A Lesson on How to Unite Across Race and Class From… the Teamsters

A recent Teamsters election shows how a progressive-populist platform can win across the working class.

Dec 14, 2016 / Moshe Z. Marvit

Truck in Chile after flood

We Are Hitting the Wall of Maximum Grabbing We Are Hitting the Wall of Maximum Grabbing

We have an epidemic of grabbing—land grabbing, resource grabbing—and now the most powerful nation on earth has elected Donald Trump as its grabber-in-chief.

Dec 14, 2016 / Naomi Klein

Harvard University

Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory

A shadowy new Professor Watchlist has revived the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s. We must fight back.

Dec 13, 2016 / Blog / Erik Loomis

Scott Pruitt, Steven Mnuchin, and Jeff Sessions.

Tell the Senate to Block Trump’s Cabinet of Hate and Wall Street Greed Tell the Senate to Block Trump’s Cabinet of Hate and Wall Street Greed

President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments have been horrifying.

Dec 13, 2016 / no-paywall / NationAction

Minimum Wage Rally

How to Mount a Progressive Resistance How to Mount a Progressive Resistance

Opposition to Trump will come—not only in the streets but also from leaders in states and cities who are intent on making America better.

Dec 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business?

Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business? Just How Bad Are Taxes for Business?

California has some of the highest taxes in the country. Kansas, some of the lowest. Which economy is better off?

Dec 12, 2016 / Video / Robert B. Reich

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