We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas. We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.
In a country that has always used race to justify inequality, ending police brutality is just the start.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith
How the Gates Foundation’s Investments Are Undermining Its Own Good Works How the Gates Foundation’s Investments Are Undermining Its Own Good Works
Its vast holdings in the fossil fuel and arms industries subvert the foundation’s battle against disease and poverty.
Aug 22, 2014 / Charles Piller
By John Boehner’s Logic, a Lot of Presidents Should Have Been Sued By John Boehner’s Logic, a Lot of Presidents Should Have Been Sued
Republicans are suing the president for doing what presidents do.
Aug 5, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Your Government Owes You a Job Your Government Owes You a Job
The federal government can easily afford a job guarantee program, becoming our employer of last resort.
Apr 23, 2014 / Raúl Carrillo
Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice
A new project by NETWORK, the Catholic social justice lobby, invites a reconsideration of a duty to the poor.
Apr 19, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Vermont Votes for Public Banking Vermont Votes for Public Banking
“[It] doesn’t make any sense for us to be sending Vermont’s hard-earned tax dollars to some bank on Wall Street which couldn’t care less about Vermont or Ve...
Mar 9, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
A Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later A Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later
Zapatista strongholds endure in the state of Chiapas, managing their own schools, banks, hospitals, arts collectives and system of government.
Jan 23, 2014 / Laura Gottesdiener
The Zapatistas at Twenty The Zapatistas at Twenty
There are two tests of social change movements: endurance and regeneration. After two decades, Mexico's Zapatista movement can now say it passed both.
Jan 15, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus
How to Democratize the US Economy How to Democratize the US Economy
A long-term plan to renovate the American dream begins at the local level and scales up.
Oct 9, 2013 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz
The Young, Low-Wage, Temporary Disaster Relief Army The Young, Low-Wage, Temporary Disaster Relief Army
Is AmeriCorps a lifeline for debt-burdened young Americans—or one more example of relentless government cost-cutting?
Sep 25, 2013 / Feature / Max Rivlin-Nadler