Unions must lead the charge for programs—Medicare for All, comprehensive child and elder care—that are as universal as the pandemic’s threat.
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Posted inWorking in America
What Is Not to Be Done
If unions seek to re-create the labor movement of the past, organized labor will die. As capitalism has changed, so must workers’ movements.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Taxation and Born-Again Progressives
Larry Summers’s modest proposal for tax reform
Posted inCoronavirus
When It Comes to Coronavirus Deaths, Race Matters
Pre-existing racial disparities in access to healthy environments have made COVID-19 particularly deadly to African Americans.
Posted inCoronavirus
Landlords Illegally Evicting Tenants, Despite Federal Restrictions
The CARES Act is supposed to freeze evictions for tens of millions of renters. But nobody’s enforcing the law.
Posted inCoronavirus
Driving a Bus: A Very Dangerous Job in a Time of Pandemic
Drivers’ and mechanics’ unions have demanded more protective equipment. Some transit agencies have responded by laying them off.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Donald Trump and John Prine
If you want to understand why America’s rural poor are taken in by Trump, take a close listen to John Prine.
Posted inEconomic Policy
To Tame Public Debt Without Austerity, Reduce Inequality
This is part of our economists roundtable on the corona crisis. Robert Kuttner is right that a growing share of economists is (finally) getting more evidence-minded about the effect of public debt. These economists have seen that the large increase in the ratio of debt to GDP in the past decade failed to boost interest […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
What Members of Congress Can Do After the Bailout
Despite passage, policymakers must be persistent and engaged in the implementation stage.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: A Crisis to End All Crises
How our response to the coronavirus can inform our ongoing challenges. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 29, 2020.