The Myth of the Switching Pain
Single-payer critics argue that removing people from employer-based plans would be a disaster. They’re wrong.
19140 Articles by: Yi San
Yi San is a freelance writer based in New York.
Steven Rattner, Kickback Hack
Meet the latest self-interested pundit urging Democrats not to move left.
Puerto Rico’s Not-So-Natural Disaster
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico is a product of brutal austerity and inept leadership.
Who’s Afraid of Title IX?
The attacks on Title IX undermine the struggle against campus sexual assault.
The Other Side of Title IX
Laura Kipnis responds to Anne McClintock.
The Disruptors
Finance isn’t just an industry. It’s a system of social control.
Forty Years of the Firm
Trump’s entire mode of politics is drawn from his business background. And that’s why he’s floundering.
Capitalizing On Fear
El Salvador’s far right is using Trump’s war on migrants for political gain.
Austria’s Right Turn
With the two parties of the Right entering into a coalition government, Austrians can expect more neoliberalism and more xenophobia.
No to the Cane
On May 17, 1972, ten thousand British kids walked out of school to protest corporal punishment — and force authorities to change the law.
Yes, Bush Was That Bad
Can we please stop rehabilitating Republican ghouls?
Nationalize the Pubs
One hundred years ago, Britain nationalized hundreds of its pubs — and invented a better drinking culture.
Walt Disney’s Latin American Tour
Two 1940s Disney features show how the film industry learned to sell American empire.
Room to Grow
When leftists push their ideals on their kids, politics looks more like drudgery than liberation.
The Tax Debate We Need
Progressive taxation curbs the power of the wealthy — and that’s exactly why the Right hates it.
Police and the Liberal Fantasy
Body cameras and more training aren’t enough. We need to divert funding for police into funding for human needs.
Egypt’s Rainbow Raids
Sisi is whipping up homophobia and targeting gay people to distract his base from rising unemployment and inflation.
“We the People” and the Lone Gunman
The Second Amendment isn’t the only problem — it’s our whole premodern Constitution.
The Reparations Puzzle
The existing distribution of wealth creates a predicament for reparations proposals.
The Popular Front Didn’t Work
The Communist Party’s 1930s popular front strategy weakened the labor movement and empowered the Democratic Party.