The Democrats in DC promised consequential racial justice reform—where is it?
The message to Black Americans expecting more progress has largely been to wait—for a better political opportunity, for the racial wealth gap to widen, for another Black American to die at the hands of the police.
“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice
The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
Is the economy growing too fast? Interest rates and the fed
The potential gains from allowing the economy to continue to grow and for the unemployment rate to drop further are enormous.
Our post-carbon future depends on electric vehicles – our Congress controls their economic lifeline
The fossil fuel industry is working hard to eliminate a tax credit that reduces emissions and creates jobs.
DNC fraud suit exposes anti-democratic views in Democratic Party
The suit has already clarified and underscored a crucial reality.
Magical thinking on health care
Trump promised to magically repeal and replace Obamacare. Now he's learning that magicians do tricks, not magic.
As coup evidence mounts, progressives eye Georgia to jail Trump, not feds
The January 6 committee, Justice Department, and activists are diverging.
Trump nationalism has nothing to do with patriotism
Let us reject Trump’s notion of how to celebrate America — not with tanks and missiles that glorify war, not with a...
Idea for Tackling Inequality Number 27,653: Stop Subsidizing It
Washington assumes that inequality is something that happened. By contrast, the more obvious story is that inequality is something that was done through policies that redistributed income upward.
The Fed’s inflation mistake continues
Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.