Supply-chain woes
The “graveyard shift” in a pandemic world...
Reflections on this year’s Palestine Day – by a former Israeli refusenik
34 years ago, I was part of a group of young Israelis who refused to enforce the Occupation in Palestine while in uniform. What brought me to that point? A reflection for this year’s UN-mandated International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Beware fashionable, doomsday pessimism, obstacles to progressive reforms
Current evidence presages more bad news for the Trumpist right before 2024. Democrats must only hold the center to replay in 2024 its 2020 triumphs.
The Georgia way: How to win elections
An oral history recounts the organizing that led to 2020’s historic presidential and senatorial victories in Georgia.
What’s that ‘surtax’ doing in Build Back Better?
The new Build Back Better surtax might just turn out to be a giant first tax step toward the more equal America that we all so desperately need.
Inflation is complicated, but making it better doesn’t have to be
The best thing we can do to offset the pain of inflation—whatever its cause—and for the overall health of our economy, is to raise the standard of living for all of us.
Disaster capitalism ‘hits new heights’ as Wall Street profiteers cash in on recovery loans
“Seems a lot easier and cheaper to make an emergency fund permanent rather than pay private lender fees.”
A Thanksgiving toast
And when we raise our glasses for a toast, I will ask that they never give up fighting for a more just society. Happy Thanksgiving, friends.
In the latest round of budgetary chess, Progressive caucus leader Jayapal played a shrewd...
The Seattle Democrat has been willing to take the heat to secure a down payment on an agenda for economic equity and sustainability.
The West’s wasted crisis
A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame.