Ethical Economics

Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency

Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency Teachers Are Leading the Working-Class Insurgency

And it’s not the first time.

Apr 17, 2018 / Steve Fraser

Career fair

Why Democrats Should Fight for the Right to a Good Job Why Democrats Should Fight for the Right to a Good Job

With inequality reaching new heights, the idea of a government-guaranteed living wage is gaining steam among progressives.

Apr 10, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

In Marx’s Republic

In Marx’s Republic In Marx’s Republic

Did Capital offer us visions of freedom as well as domination?

Apr 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban

Speaker Paul Ryan

Don’t Let Big and Dark Money ‘Drown Out the Truth and Drown Out Your Voice’ Don’t Let Big and Dark Money ‘Drown Out the Truth and Drown Out Your Voice’

The cost of elections today increases the power of the privileged few while diminishing that of working Americans and, as such, harms democracy itself.

Apr 3, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Teaching Class Solidarity

Teaching Class Solidarity Teaching Class Solidarity

A growing movement is finding creative ways to educate teens about economic justice.

Mar 8, 2018 / Feature / Caroline Preston

Puerto Rico no electricity

For Investors, Puerto Rico Is a Fantasy Blank Slate For Investors, Puerto Rico Is a Fantasy Blank Slate

How tech companies and private capital are poised to reshape the US colony.

Feb 28, 2018 / Yarimar Bonilla

Donald Trump and Jerome Powell

The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise

A preemptive war on inflation will tamp down any real wage growth.

Feb 9, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage

3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America

3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America 3 Strategies to Get to a Fossil-Free America

None of them rely on Washington to do anything useful.

Jan 25, 2018 / Feature / Bill McKibben

Protest outside Chase

Why Democrats Need to Stand With Working Americans vs. Big Banks Why Democrats Need to Stand With Working Americans vs. Big Banks

Democrats should stop supporting a bill that would loosen the reins on Wall Street.

Jan 23, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump White House USA Hat

Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism

Democrats must expose the president’s broken promise to working people.

Jan 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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