Unfounded Fed tightening myths are backfiring on the economy.
Poverty & Wealth
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
From Countervailing to Prevailing Power
Progressives should plan our fights against anti-democratic oligarchies with the explicit aim of becoming the dominant political force.
Posted inTAP
What Brazil Teaches America
Today on TAP: Actually delivering for working people matters. It also matters whether elites support democratic institutions.
Posted inPolitics
The Case of the Missing Child Tax Credit
The expanded policy was effective and popular among those who received it, but Democrats have largely avoided discussing it during the midterm elections.
Posted inTAP
A French Lesson on Inflation and Social Class
Today on TAP: In France, workers have shut down oil refineries, demanding wage hikes as a share of company windfall profits.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Slash Child Abuse With One Simple Trick: Cash
Child protective services is far less effective than the welfare state.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
New Solutions Unveiled to Curtail L.A. County’s Black Infant and Maternal Death Rates
Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.
Posted inAmerica and the World
War, Climate Change, and Other Disasters Haunt Afghanistan
Almost half a century of fighting brought the country to its nadir, and there is no clear way out of the misery.
Posted inPolitics
Why Are ‘Ten Million Jobs’ So Incendiary?
Middle-class workers who haven’t seen higher wages in decades don’t want to hear about a booming economy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cheers for Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment
It will compensate seniors for the bout of inflation. Workers deserve as much.
