The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility
Nicholas Lemann’s history of 20th century corporations, Transaction Man, shows how an unrelenting faith in the market and profit doomed the American economy.
Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Trump Wouldn’t Save You From This Pandemic Even if He Could Trump Wouldn’t Save You From This Pandemic Even if He Could
This administration has always prioritized Wall Street over working Americans. Its response to the coronavirus will be more of the same.
Mar 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Nomi Prins
A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy A Survival Guide for the Coronavirus Economy
How the government should act when public health concerns are economic ones, too.
Mar 12, 2020 / no-paywall / Joelle Gamble
What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet? What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet?
Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a ...
Mar 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform Put Elizabeth Warren in Charge of Writing the Democratic Platform
The senator should chair a supercharged platform committee and lead in the forging of an agenda for big, bold structural change.
Mar 6, 2020 / John Nichols
The Billionaire Class Is Counting on Super Tuesday to Stop Sanders The Billionaire Class Is Counting on Super Tuesday to Stop Sanders
But voters seem to like the idea of a candidate who threatens “the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.”
Mar 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death
A predatory and extractive financial sector has hollowed out communities across the US.
Feb 18, 2020 / Feature / Nick Shaxson
Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers
The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.
Feb 14, 2020 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New. Capitalism Is Broken. It’s Time for Something New.
And time is of the essence.
Dec 10, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
RIP, World Trade Organization? RIP, World Trade Organization?
The United States was hostile to the WTO for years. Then came Donald Trump.
Dec 9, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker