How the State Can Make Inequality Worse How the State Can Make Inequality Worse
From zoning and licensing boards to bank bailouts, the state has often been captured by corporations and the wealthy.
Nov 21, 2017 / Steven Teles and Brink Lindsey
Pollution Kills an Estimated 9 Million People Every Year Pollution Kills an Estimated 9 Million People Every Year
And the world’s poorest people bear the brunt.
Nov 21, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month
Democratic candidates ran on bold, progressive ideas that inspired voters.
Nov 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail Here’s a Path to Medicare for (Almost) All That Isn’t Doomed to Fail
Bernie Sanders and John Conyers are proposing massive changes, for a huge number of people, in a very short space of time. There’s a better, less risky way.
Nov 20, 2017 / Joshua Holland
The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco
Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a “perpetual state of dread.”
Nov 17, 2017 / Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler
Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot
The GOP tax bill should be toxic to everyone who is not ultra-rich.
Nov 17, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Letters From the December 4-11, 2017, Issue Letters From the December 4-11, 2017, Issue
A hearty issue… Shell games… Stars and semiautomatics…
Nov 16, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers and David Dayen
The GOP Tax Bill Is Bad for Students The GOP Tax Bill Is Bad for Students
Young people are buried under the weight of student-loan debt. The Republican tax proposal would bury them far deeper still.
Nov 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Graig Meyer
Here’s How You Can Take Urgent Action to Defeat the Republican Tax Bill Here’s How You Can Take Urgent Action to Defeat the Republican Tax Bill
Call your representative, join a rally, hear from Senator Bernie Sanders, and more.
Nov 14, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Republican Tax Bills Would Be Paradise for Plutocrats Republican Tax Bills Would Be Paradise for Plutocrats
Americans may have voted to “drain the swamp” in 2016, but neither the Trump administration nor the Republican-led Congress got the message.
Nov 14, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel