Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
Colombia is the first country to declare that it wants to stop digging. Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand in pulling it out of its economic hole?
Apr 7, 2023 / John Feffer
The Childcare Crisis Is Getting Worse The Childcare Crisis Is Getting Worse
When child care is unaffordable and unavailable, people can’t get to work—it’s mainly mothers who are held back.
Mar 23, 2023 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
When It Comes to Climate Solutions, Technical Fixes Aren’t Enough When It Comes to Climate Solutions, Technical Fixes Aren’t Enough
Experts have identified “positive” tipping points as the next big climate solution. But technical fixes don’t matter without political will.
Mar 22, 2023 / Audrey Carleton
Elizabeth Warren Is Right: Jerome Powell Should Be Held to Account Elizabeth Warren Is Right: Jerome Powell Should Be Held to Account
With the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the senator demands an independent investigation of the Fed, and says Powell should not continue as its chair.
Mar 21, 2023 / John Nichols
Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws? Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?
Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.
Mar 16, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
Everyone Has the Right to Food Everyone Has the Right to Food
For a country that projects itself as the richest in the world, hunger remains hidden by design.
Mar 15, 2023 / Beverly Gologorsky
Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature
Pronouncing debt cancellation DOA takes the Supreme Court’s ruling as the last word—precisely at the moment when the court’s authority demands challenge, not complacency.
Mar 13, 2023 / Eleni Schirmer
The Widespread Cruelty of Death Care Disparities The Widespread Cruelty of Death Care Disparities
We live in a world where the quality of care you receive while dying depends on how much you can afford.
Mar 9, 2023 / Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox
The Case Against Privatizing Social Security The Case Against Privatizing Social Security
For the New Deal’s 90th birthday, let’s deliver a cake, not a hand grenade.
Mar 4, 2023 / Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, Harold M. Ickes, and James Roosevelt Jr.
The Absurd Specter of “Woke Communism” The Absurd Specter of “Woke Communism”
Ironically, those decrying woke communism may be loony about “communism,” but they are unintentionally right that capitalism is indeed the problem.
Feb 21, 2023 / Steve Fraser