Trump’s Iran War Could Starve the World
Closing the Strait of Hormuz may cause a global food crisis on top of a global energy crisis.
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Mexico Can Do Better For Migrants
Thirty years ago, Mexico provided shelter for 40,000 Central American migrants fleeing US-sponsored terror. Today it’s leaving the few thousand at its border in squalor. Another way is possible.
There’s No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire
Democrats want us to believe that there is some cohort of “good billionaires” who can be relied upon to fight for political progress. But as the right-wing turn of tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk suggests, this is nonsense.
There’s a New Way to Support the United Auto Workers Strike: Canvassing Car Dealerships
The UAW is calling on supporters to canvass car dealerships to educate customers about the strike. With scores of dealerships in every region of the country, it is an easy way to offer concrete solidarity to striking autoworkers.
Republicans Are Giving Rental Price-Fixing a Green Light
The GOP’s budget reconciliation bill includes a ban on state-level artificial intelligence regulations that could undermine efforts in several states to rein in pricing consultants like RealPage, a company that helps landlords use AI to “optimize” rent hikes.
It’s Official: Poverty Got Worse Under Joe Biden
A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.
What the “Abundance Agenda” Leaves Out
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has plenty of merits, writes Matt Bruenig, but its emphasis on growth and innovation must be married to other egalitarian concerns.
Western Governments Share Responsibility for Israel’s Crimes
Israel is preparing to launch a ground assault against the Palestinian town of Rafah, where one million refugees are sheltered. It will likely mean a surge in civilians deaths — for which the US and other Western governments also will be culpable.
The Left Must Radicalize the Middle Class’s Fear of Downward Social Mobility
In Britain, inequality within the top 10% is greater than it is within the bottom 90%. This has created a middle-class politics centered on a fear of downward mobility. The Left must offer its own vision of society, focused on equality rather than competition.
Police Tech Giant Axon Is Concealing Its Political Spending
Police body camera and weapons juggernaut Axon is reporting blockbuster earnings amid the Trump administration’s explosive spending on immigration policing. The company is resisting efforts to make it disclose its political spending strategy.
Uncovering America’s Forgotten Massacre in the Philippines
In 1906, US troops slaughtered up to 1,000 Moros at Bud Dajo in the southern Philippines, then called it a battle. Historian Kim Wagner explains how an empire can commit atrocities and how it teaches itself to forget them.
Gig Workers Need a Solid Floor and Portable Benefits
We can’t let gig-worker protections remain dependent on each new administration’s priorities. We need to experiment with new approaches, from passing strong state classification laws to scaling employer-of-record systems that give gig workers stability.
How Döner Workers Skewered Their Bosses
Döner is one of Germany’s favorite fast-food meals, but workers processing the meat for the skewers are badly paid. Now they’ve won their first ever collective agreement, after a 12-day strike waged by a multinational workforce.
The Comforts of Dystopia
Elites tell us the future is inevitably bright; left curmudgeons insist it’s inevitably gloomy. We don’t win from playing this game.
Yale’s Lawless Administration
By refusing to negotiate with recently unionized graduate workers, Yale president Peter Salovey has announced in writing that the university will defy US labor law.
How Obama Destroyed Black Wealth
The nation's first African-American president was a disaster for black wealth.
10 Million US Workers Have Lost Their Jobs. And the System Has No Answers.
In the last two weeks, nearly ten million American workers lost their jobs. This is a crisis unfolding at a speed and magnitude unprecedented in the US and what’s left of our welfare state is uniquely ill-equipped to deal with the fallout.
The Political Crisis in Greece
Whatever the outcome of today's vote, the Greek people can expect no miracles. But they deserve our complete solidarity.
Working People Aren’t Going Quietly
Locomotive manufacturing workers in Erie, Pennsylvania, recently walked off the job against concessions and two-tier wages. The president of UE Local 506 explains what's at stake.