A Cautious Case for Economic Nationalism
As long as democratic politics operates through nation-states, it is likely any left program will require some degree of delinking from the global economy.
Spring 2025
- Subscribe
- Magazine
- Online
- Blog
- Podcasts
- Events
- Store
- Logout
- About Us
- Donate
- Contact
- Advertise
- Newsletter
Toward a New Economy: Introduction
Almost a decade after the financial crisis, economic debate remains trapped by the stale assumptions that led to the calamity, and the search for alternatives is more urgent than ever.
Introducing the special section of our Spring issue, Capitalism Today.
Monsanto’s Superfund Secret
Radioactive waste piles, groundwater pollution, mercury emissions, and poisoned livestock: these are just some of the costs of producing the world’s most widely used herbicide.
Is There Such a Thing as the American Ghetto?
Today, the term “ghetto” comes across as at best anachronistic, at worst offensive. Does it still have any value?
It Takes a Lot of Money to Look This Cheap
From Dolly Parton to J.D. Vance, rags-to-riches stories obscure as much as they inspire, reinforcing the notion that poverty can be solved by dreams and gumption.
The Invisible Hand
Somewhere between the apostles and Joel Osteen, mainstream Christianity turned from a wellspring of egalitarian promise into yet another exponent of the market gospel. Two new books chart where things went wrong.
Belabored Podcast #124: College Dreams and College Schemes, with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom talks about her new book, Lower Ed, and why the expansion of the for-profit college industry is a labor issue.
Call Now: What It’s Like to Enroll in a For-Profit College
For-profit colleges use a unique model of recruitment to appeal to potential students who are short on time.
Who Killed Obamacare?
Why did the ACA—the first substantial expansion of the U.S. welfare state in nearly half a century—fail to win over the constituency it deserved?
What’s the Matter with Iowa?
Having gained “trifecta” control over the state’s government in November, Iowa Republicans are implementing a big-business agenda with astounding speed—and devastating implications for workers.
Extremists in Uniform
Hate crimes like last month’s Olathe, Kansas shooting reflect not only racist rhetoric but a broader climate of state violence against people of color.
Why the U.S. Women’s Hockey Players Are Planning to Strike
An interview with Olympic silver medalist Monique Lamoureux-Morand on why the U.S. women’s hockey team are threatening not to play in the upcoming World Championship.
Booked: The Empathy of Fiction, with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Novelist and critic Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his new book of short stories, The Refugees, and how the art of fiction illuminates politics.
The British Left at a Crossroads
To guarantee its relevance and survival, the British left must choose between two options for contemporary resistance and reconstruction.
When Labor Fought for Civil Rights
Two new histories show how the CIO of the 1930s and ’40s led the charge for racial equality not just on the shop floor but at the national level, precipitating the Democratic Party’s embrace of civil rights.
