Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism
What if employee-owned businesses were the key to a healthier, more humane economy?
Aug 8, 2019 / Nathan Schneider
Uber and Lyft Hate This Bill Uber and Lyft Hate This Bill
California’s AB5 could radically change the gig economy in the ride-hailing services’ home state.
Aug 2, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda Why Confrontation With China Threatens the Progressive Agenda
Playing up the China threat might look like a no-brainer for Democrats trying to beef up their foreign policy credentials. But the strategy could backfire.
Aug 1, 2019 / Jake Werner
Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition
Over 100 years ago, the US exploited racial differences to distract the country from its overwhelming inequality. Trump is doing the same.
Aug 1, 2019 / Adam Hochschild
The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt The Democratic Debates Are an Unprecedented Moment for Americans With Student Debt
The Democratic presidential proposals represent a dramatic shift in the nationwide discussion about tuition costs and student loan debt.
Aug 1, 2019 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations
The Massachusetts senator’s latest plan is about power as much as policies.
Jul 31, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker
CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn’t Happen. CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn’t Happen.
How the two progressive champions turned a Fortnite Battle Royale into The Hunger Games.
Jul 31, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan
Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics Bernie Sanders’s Bold Ideas Are Transforming Democratic Politics
The media seems too eager to write off his profound impact on the 2020 race.
Jul 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Puerto Rico’s Cops Ignore the Constitution at Night Why Puerto Rico’s Cops Ignore the Constitution at Night
Around 11 pm, after declaring the First Amendment no longer applicable, police repeatedly shot tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
Jul 30, 2019 / Rima Brusi
‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’ ‘It’s Not Shameful to Work in the Fields. But It’s Hard.’
Americans don’t want these jobs, or can’t do them—so nearly a quarter of a million guest workers do them instead.
Jul 29, 2019 / Migrant Voices / John Washington