If wage growth is driving inflation, why is workers’ share of income falling?
Perhaps some economists can tell a story where rapid wage growth is driving inflation even as the wage share of income is falling, but I’m not that good an economist.
Senate Finance Committee deals a blow to Big Pharma
As the Trump administration explores executive action to lower drug prices, drugmakers, private insurers, hospitals and pharmacy benefit managers are engaged in a lobbying war.
We need a mass movement to demand radical progressive change
Is the Democratic Party beyond hope?
Is universal basic income part of a just transition?
When you give everyone a chunk of change, does it really change their lives and their communities?
How the Biden administration caved to Republicans on fighting election disinformation
Despite a White House pledge to counter dangerous conspiracy theories, the Department of Homeland Security has pulled back on a comprehensive effort to address disinformation to help election workers.
Why Raphael Warnock’s reelection could tip the balance for America’s economic future
“He’s there to work. He’s not there to make the backdoor deals. I wish we could have more senators like that.”
Trump administration plans to open more of California public land to oil drilling, fracking
“Expanding extraction of dirty fossil fuels on our public lands threatens the health of our communities and the future of our climate."
Can careening House misfits double down what made Trump unelectable—and dodge electoral suicide?
How do two failed House years, after the wildly absurd kick-off, not wreck the right, not the left?
Will impeachment affect Trump’s reelection chances?
The Democrats’ impeachment strategy might backfire at the polls, but so too might Trump’s polarization strategy.
It’s time to make a deal with North Korea
If the U.S. made a deal with Maoist China in the 1970s, it can surely cut one with North Korea today.