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Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People

Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People Democrats Must Expose Trump’s Betrayal of Working People

Forget the scandals and the tweets. What really matters is the looting.

Mar 15, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Yanis Varoufakis

A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible

The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.

Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis

Stacey Abrams Georgia governor's race

Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office

For too long, the homogeneity of our candidates has suppressed important voices.

Mar 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Glut cooperative in Maryland

What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces? What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

The cooperative movement is showing that worker-owned businesses can not only survive, but thrive.

Mar 8, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Romania International Women's Day

What to Celebrate—and Mourn—This International Women’s Day What to Celebrate—and Mourn—This International Women’s Day

Over the last year, women’s rights took one step back, and two steps forward.

Mar 8, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.

Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols

Adam Silver

Does the NBA Have a Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands? Does the NBA Have a Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands?

Depression and anxiety among players is not something to scoff at or shame. It’s an objective fact, and a real product of their jobs.

Mar 7, 2019 / Dave Zirin

How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?

How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job? How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?

Arkansas is the first state in the nation to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. The results have been disastrous.

Mar 7, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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Letters From the March 25, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 25, 2019, Issue

The Dangers of Amnesia In his cover story “Who Is Matt Duss and Can He Take On ‘The Blob’?” [Feb. 25/March 4], David Klion misleadingly describes Barack Obama’s adviser Ben Rhodes…

Mar 7, 2019 / Our Readers

The Unmaking of American Work

The Unmaking of American Work The Unmaking of American Work

More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.

Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris

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