Economic Justice

The Question Looming Over COP29: Who’s Rich Enough To Pay for Climate Change?

The world’s governments have come to the United Nations’ climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, deadlocked on one ugly question. It has been debated for years, but now they need...

Study: End World Bank Support for Factory Farming

Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report,...

The Billion-Dollar Tumble

Kamala Harris’ devastating loss to Donald Trump was a catastrophic failure for the Democratic Party and the consultant...

The Billion-Dollar Belly Flop

Kamala Harris’s devastating loss to Donald Trump last week was a catastrophic failure for the Democratic Party and...

The Real Lesson

A political disaster such as what occurred Tuesday gains significance not simply by virtue of who won or...

Denver Basic Income Project Could Run Out of Funding by Year End

One of the nation’s largest guaranteed monthly income experiments for unhoused people helped Lewis Horton, Hunter Ambrose and Moriah Rodriguez secure shelter. It enabled...

The Wonks Who Refuse to Apologize for NAFTA

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. In this recent appearance on Ezra Klein’s podcast, Harvard economist and Obama admin enforcer of neoliberal consensus Jason Furman...

Harris’ Medicare Proposal Is a Massive Win for the Middle Class

This story was originally published by the 19th. In announcing a groundbreaking new policy proposal — to expand Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care...

A System of Special Rights for Corporations Has Come for Honduras

This article originally appeared at Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. For...

Tentative Deal Reached To End Dockworkers Strike

The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers suspended its strike on Thursday after reaching a tentative agreement with shipping giants that reportedly includes...

Crossroads: The Military, the Monetary, the Mercenary

Having produced many anti-war mixes over time, I recently noticed an uptick in Military-Industrial Complex discussions. The unmonitored, oft-inconspicuous MIC, with its free-reign, carte-blanche...