What Killed the Democratic Party? What Killed the Democratic Party?
A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.
Oct 30, 2017 / Feature / William Greider
The Great American Tax Heist The Great American Tax Heist
Corporate tax “repatriation” is just a cash grab at the expense of the middle class.
Oct 27, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Mental Illness Is a Global Crisis Mental Illness Is a Global Crisis
Over 80 percent of people suffering from mental-health disorders live in the Global South.
Oct 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen
41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them? 41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them?
Trump overwhelms the news, helping the robber-baron class more quietly pillage the country.
Oct 25, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
What the US Can Learn From the Fall of the Roman Republic What the US Can Learn From the Fall of the Roman Republic
Ned Resnikoff interviews author Mike Duncan about how the United States can avoid Rome’s fate.
Oct 24, 2017 / Interview / Ned Resnikoff
It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them
In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.
Oct 24, 2017 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’? Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’?
A true living wage would take into account the needs not just of workers but of society as a whole.
Oct 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Wall Street Has Some Advice for the Democratic Party Wall Street Has Some Advice for the Democratic Party
And Democrats need to ignore it.
Oct 23, 2017 / Editorial / Robert L. Borosage
America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge
The Nobel Prize winner argues that an economy dominated by large corporations has failed the many and enriched the few.
Oct 23, 2017 / Joseph E. Stiglitz
Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break
Senators Bernie Sanders and Tammy Baldwin led the opposition with a pair of amendments that challenged a “horrible bill.”
Oct 20, 2017 / John Nichols