This was the week when history finally began to turn. And it’s just the beginning.
Robert Kuttner
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Stop Wallowing in Your White Guilt and Start Doing Something for Racial Justice
Spend less time contemplating privilege and more time acting, to be part of the change.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Economy Won’t Save Republicans in the Midterms
The more Trump and Republicans brag about an economy that isn’t working for most people, the better that is for Democrats.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Trump Won’t Be the GOP Nominee in 2020
And some other out-on-a limb predictions about the next two years.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Yes, a Big Blue Wave Is Likely in November
Between Trump’s escalating woes and shifting public opinion, the stars are aligning.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Yes, Democrats Need to Run Left — on Economics
The debate about whether the party is moving too far left misses the key point: left on what?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
History’s Most Incompetent Demagogue
A competent Trump could have done lots more damage. His Europe trip was a full-blown political disaster.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Trade Fight with Canada Highlights Two Approaches to Capitalism
Canada has its problems, to be sure, but one of them is not U.S.-style inequality.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Emblem of This Era
The Tax Act sums it all up—grotesque favoritism for the rich and a corrupt legislative process. And it’s already backfiring.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Lasting Damage Of Trump’s Disastrous Diplomacy
How much damage is Trump inflicting, and what will it take for Republicans to rein him in?
