Brazil on Strike
In the face of a far-reaching austerity package being imposed by an unelected government, more than 1 million Brazilian workers took the streets Friday for the country’s first general strike in decades.
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The Enemy is Us: The Opioid Crisis and the Failure of Politics
In every possible sense, the opioid epidemic—the worst drug crisis in U.S. history—is a creature of our creation.
The Trouble with Macron
In this year’s unpredictable campaign, Emmanuel Macron’s business-friendly liberalism could be enough to spare France from the National Front. But in the long run, it’s no safe bet against the populist far right.
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.
Against Progressive Neoliberalism, A New Progressive Populism
To establish a counterhegemony against that of finance capital, we must build a new, “progressive-populist” bloc combining the goals of emancipation and social protection.
A Left Vision for Trade
Globalization is not going away, with or without landmark trade deals like the TPP and NAFTA. So how can we make it fairer?
Love’s Labor Earned
How might we compensate women’s emotional labor? Unlike the wife bonus, robust public services would benefit all women.
Milton Friedman, Betsy DeVos, and the Privatization of Public Education
For almost twenty-five years, Betsy DeVos has been one of the most dogged political operatives in the movement to privatize public education.
There Was No Such Thing as “Progressive Neoliberalism”
Were social movements really handmaidens to the rise of neoliberalism? A response to Nancy Fraser.
The End of Progressive Neoliberalism
In a moment of political upheaval, it is up to the left to reject the false choices on offer and seize upon widespread discontent to redefine the terms of debate.
How Tax Havens Make Us Poor
Gabriel Zucman’s The Hidden Wealth of Nations offers a plainspoken explanation of what we are constantly told is “too complicated” for us to understand: the myriad legal loopholes the rich exploit to avoid paying taxes, and why closing them should be a priority for the rest of us.
The Care Deficit
Care work has always divided working- and middle-class women. But by claiming labor rights on their own terms, 1970s domestic worker organizers were able to overcome these barriers and win major reforms. Can their success be repeated?
