In These Red States, the Health of More Than 450,000 People Is on the Ballot In These Red States, the Health of More Than 450,000 People Is on the Ballot
The Koch brothers and Big Tobacco are fighting initiatives to expand Medicaid in Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and Utah.
Sep 26, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
‘They Saw Us as a Threat When All We Wanted Was Fair Treatment’ ‘They Saw Us as a Threat When All We Wanted Was Fair Treatment’
Almost 80 percent of the Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative’s members are Native Americans—why were there so few on the board?
Sep 26, 2018 / Taking Heat / Audrea Lim
Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy
A clear message is needed: Enough with endless wars and the global oligarchy.
Sep 25, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse
Racist algorithms and unlimited judicial discretion threaten to increase pretrial incarceration in California.
Sep 24, 2018 / John Raphling
Michael Moore: How Democrats Paved the Way to Trump Michael Moore: How Democrats Paved the Way to Trump
Moore’s new film Fahrenheit 11/9 opens September 21.
Sep 21, 2018 / Audio / Jon Wiener
When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico
The ongoing privatization of Puerto Rico’s recovery threatens not only the university’s autonomy, but its very existence.
Sep 20, 2018 / StudentNation / Rima Brusi, Yarimar Bonilla, and Isar Godreau
The IMF’s ‘Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience’ The IMF’s ‘Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience’
The reforms to the IMF since the global financial crisis have amounted to window dressing.
Sep 14, 2018 / Lauren Carasik
Death by a Thousand Charges: A Q&A With Devin Fergus Death by a Thousand Charges: A Q&A With Devin Fergus
The author of Land of the Fee discusses wealth extraction through charges, fines, and interest.
Sep 14, 2018 / Editorial / Susie Cagle
How Do We Close the Wage Gap? By Finally Imposing the Rule of Law on Corporations How Do We Close the Wage Gap? By Finally Imposing the Rule of Law on Corporations
If Zephyr Teachout becomes New York’s attorney general, she will use the full power of the office to fight pay discrimination.
Sep 13, 2018 / John Nichols
The Rise of the Inequality Industry The Rise of the Inequality Industry
Since 2008, wonks, politicians, poets, and bankers have all started talking about inequality. But are they interested in making us more equal?
Sep 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian