Opinion

Privatization Would Doom Biden's Infrastructure Plan

To meet his goals on equity, jobs and climate, President Biden should push a massive, publicly-funded infrastructure plan.

Jeremy Mohler

Rev. William Barber: The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Is a Fight for Racial Justice

Democrats need to stop playing games and use their majorities to pass a $15 minimum wage right now—we can’t wait any longer.

Rev. William Barber

America's Sickness Goes Far Beyond Trump

Only by acknowledging the racism, materialism and militarism that animate our country can we begin the process of healing.

Andrew Bacevich

Massive Inequality Is a Feature of Capitalism, Not a Bug

The Biden administration may usher in a new period of reform, but history shows that it's unlikely to last if our economic system remains intact.

Richard D. Wolff

Biden Says He’s Ending the Yemen War—But It's Too Soon to Celebrate

The details of Biden’s Yemen war announcement are what matter. Those are still not clear.

Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare

Democrats Need to Radically Expand American Democracy—And Fast

If Democrats want to enact their agenda and retain power, they should move quickly to bolster voting rights and reform undemocratic structures in the U.S. political system.

Scott Remer

You Can't Hurt Hedge Funds By Acting Exactly Like Them

Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. There's a better way.

Hamilton Nolan

A Recipe for Making Change in Biden's Washington

To make it happen, progressives must learn to co-govern and build more power.

Robert Kraig

The “Essential Worker” Swindle

How this label is used to justify a social order in which workers are abused, discarded and left to die.

Sarah Lazare

A Presidential Inauguration Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun

Presidents change, but the soldiers stay the same.

Hamilton Nolan

How to Win Medicare for All Under President Biden

With a Democratic White House and Congress, we have an opportunity to organize like never before to finally achieve a universal, single-payer healthcare system. Let’s seize it.

Michael Lighty

We Don't Need to Do This To Ourselves

Turning the nation's capital into an armed camp for Biden's inauguration to prove we don't live in fear.

Hamilton Nolan

How Media Consolidation Paved the Way for Right-Wing Insurrection

A battle playing out at the Supreme Court could make media monopolies way worse.

Hannah Sassaman

Armies of the Right

We all know who the real thieves of the election are.

Joel Bleifuss

Biden, Don't Worry About "Overheating" the Economy

Common metrics that deficit hawks often point to as evidence of economic overheating are not convincing.

Josh Bivens

Let's Not Become a Bunch of Panicky Reactionaries

The lesson of the Capitol riots is to change the power structure, not to embrace it

Hamilton Nolan

$2,000 Checks Now—And Make Them Monthly

The Democrats’ victory in Georgia was a vote for cash assistance. Prioritizing direct monthly payments isn’t just good policy—it’s good politics.

Sean Kline and Jim Pugh

We Should Cause Trouble, Not Make Nice With Biden

History suggests that it’s not making friends, but making the administration’s life difficult, that gets results for the Left.

Branko Marcetic