Joe Manchin Is Reviving Harmful Myths About Poverty Joe Manchin Is Reviving Harmful Myths About Poverty
The Democratic Party has finally recognized that income inequality, not “dependency,” is what’s harming families. But Manchin is still pushing that 1990s-era belief.
Oct 28, 2021 / Editorial / Joan Walsh
Why the Superrich Are Flocking to South Dakota Why the Superrich Are Flocking to South Dakota
South Dakota has become a tax haven for the wealthy. Here’s how the trust industry gained a foothold.
Oct 25, 2021 / Kalena Thomhave
Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster? Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster?
And will we believe her this time?
Oct 22, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon
Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy. Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy.
The senator is forcing a choice among four crucial pillars of a holistic solution to help struggling families.
Oct 19, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can the Most Powerful Global Tax Organization Shed Its Racist Ways? Can the Most Powerful Global Tax Organization Shed Its Racist Ways?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development insists it’s “inclusive,” but it’s still strong-arming countries in the Global South.
Oct 19, 2021 / Steven Dean
Letters From the November 1/8, 2021, Issue Letters From the November 1/8, 2021, Issue
Our carbon bootprint… The forgotten forever war… Fuzzy math… Feminism: left and white? (web only)…
Oct 19, 2021 / Letters / Our Readers and Rafia Zakaria
Poverty Can Happen to Anyone Poverty Can Happen to Anyone
Our new podcast, Going for Broke, lets Americans living on the edge have the last word.
Oct 18, 2021 / Editorial / Ray Suarez
Ignore the Naysayers. A Full-Employment Recovery Is Possible. Ignore the Naysayers. A Full-Employment Recovery Is Possible.
Critics of the American Rescue Plan made two dire predictions. Both proved wrong.
Oct 15, 2021 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By
Time to begin the dirty, essential work of undigging our history, before it kills us all.
Oct 14, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves
How America Learned to Outsource Its Dirtiest Work to the Least Powerful How America Learned to Outsource Its Dirtiest Work to the Least Powerful
A conversation with author Eyal Press about the men and women who do this country’s most maligned jobs and the psychic toll it takes on them.
Oct 14, 2021 / Back Page / Jasmine Liu