Who Gets Protected?
Across the country, state governments are passing legislation that grants companies immunity from any liability for their failure to protect workers during the pandemic.
Winter 2025
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Economics for Black Lives
Darrick Hamilton and Jesse A. Myerson discuss the pandemic, the uprisings, and the future through the lens of stratification economics.
Solidarity and the Absent State in Puerto Rico
Last year, Puerto Ricans rose up against a government that had grown corrupt, callous, and inept. When the archipelago was devastated by an earthquake in January, they mobilized an extraordinary relief effort.
Power Over the Police
State violence has no opposition party. Communities that want to dismantle police departments will need the power to do that work themselves.
How Economic Assumptions Uphold Racist Systems
Racism shapes how economics is taught and practiced. When we fail to scrutinize neoclassical assumptions, they perpetuate racist outcomes.
The People in the Streets Demand Justice
Unwavering solidarity with and participation in this struggle for black freedom is a moral and political imperative—with the potential to transform the landscape of American radicalism.
An Uprising Reader
In solidarity with the uprising sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, we’ve gathered selections from our archives that speak to the political concerns of the moment.
The Nationalist Roots of White Evangelical Politics
From its origins, white evangelicalism has been marked by a vision of a Christian America, driven to overcome its perceived enemies.
#SocialismSucks: Trump’s TikTok Teens
Right-wing TikToks are part of a counter-movement of younger conservatives fighting the rise of leftism and their own feeling of erasure.
Abortion After the Pandemic
The status of abortion rights and access in the United States is bleak. But a movement for universal healthcare offers the chance to give reproductive rights material, institutional force.
Why We Left the Right
A group of ex-conservatives explores how they were drawn to the left, and where they think we’re headed now.
To Keep Meat on the Table, Workers Need a Voice
Essential workers need genuine, collective empowerment, not just a monetary reward or a rhetorical pat on the back.
Understanding the Unemployment Crisis
What’s behind the drive to “re-open”? Some state governments just want to return to how they previously used unemployment insurance: not to cushion the blow of job loss but to compel participation in the labor market.
The Catastrophe in New York City Jails
The survival of incarcerated people is dependent on slow-moving bureaucrats and the politically calculating whims of sadistic politicians.
Elections in a Pandemic: The Crisis Response Should Be Permanent Policy
The best way to keep people safe during this election season is also the best way to maximize participation: give people the widest possible range of opportunities to register and to vote.
