Believing Borders Make Us Safer Is Like Believing the Sun Revolves Around Earth
Trump’s cruel and immoral anti-immigrant frenzy rests on false economic claims.
Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.
Impending Strike in Las Vegas Exposes Labor Abuses in Service Sector Nationwide
Service work now dominates the economy. That changes how we build worker power, scholar Annie McClanahan says.
Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
Trump Is a Fascist, That’s Clear. But What Kind Exactly?
When a democratic government transitions into a dictatorship, rebellion becomes a duty.
This Ridiculous, Dangerous Antifa Order Is McCarthyism All Over Again—Possibly Worse
The Trump administration is abusing federal power to silence dissenting voices in a manner that has not been seen in over 70 years. The country survived Sen. Joseph McCarthy, but…
What Trump’s Executive Order on 401(K)s Means for Workers Who Hope to Retire
More workers may lose their hard-won retirement savings now that Trump has pushed them toward crypto and private equity.
Can We Do Better Than Trumpian or Neoliberal Trade Policy? Yes
Trump’s program and the neoliberal policies that came before him have substantial differences, but both preserve and even worsen the great economic inequalities and uneven power arrangements that dominate our…
Pushing Military Spending and Neoliberal Austerity, French PM Emulates Trump
Both the left and the far right in France see the government budget plan as something of a class war budget.
Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse
Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry
Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
Trump Is Setting the US Economy Up for Another Great Financial Crisis
Trump and tech capitalists like Elon Musk are trying to become kingpins of a largely unregulated financial system.
The Global South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Crisis. Reform Is Urgent
The coming debt crisis will surpass that of the 1980s and disproportionately impact women, economist Ilene Grabel warns.