Economy and Business
If It Looks Like a Russian Asset…
Putin said he didn’t do it.
Our Missing $10 Trillion
Tax cuts from the Bush, Obama, and Trump years have left a massive gap in the public coffers. This hurts everyone.
The New York Times Is Still Getting the Bernie Movement Wrong
America’s paper of record said a Bernie Sanders-inspired grassroots group was “failing” — just one day before its candidates rocked the Democratic establishment.
Backfire
Thanks to Trump’s wildfire tariffs, an iconic American brand is moving jobs overseas.
Why I Got Arrested This Summer (And You Should, Too)
With 43 percent of Americans in or near poverty, most of us know there’s something deeply wrong with our democracy. Will we stand up for it?
How to Level the Playing Field for Workers — Even with Unions Hurting
A federal jobs and income guarantee could protect workers the way unions once did.
Unions Have Survived Tough Times Before
The Supreme Court just dealt unions a crushing blow, but they’ve endured worse — and come out stronger.
Corporate Wage Theft Is on the Rise
Executives have a powerful incentive to cheat their workers: to pad their own exorbitant paychecks.
We Subsidize the Wrong Kind of Agriculture
We should be supporting the small farmers who sell at farmers markets, not the corporate giants that hurt our health and environment.
Big Oil’s Man in Foreign Policy
The Koch brothers are really getting their money’s worth from Trump’s secretary of state.
