The Mirage of “Middle Class”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In June, Democratic advisers began circulating the usual warning: The party needed to change its message. As the Washington Post explained, focus group testing had shown that the slogan of “‘economic fairness’ was a loser.” Instead, Democrats should talk…
What the New York City Migrant Crisis Is and Isn’t
Recently arrived migrants gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It doesn’t take more than a couple of strolls around the block on East 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan for the faces of New…
Meet the Democratic-Led DC Consulting Firm With an Offshoot That Tries to Elect Republicans
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rational 360, a high-powered Washington, DC-based strategic communications firm and digital agency, promises to use “innovative” means and a network that extends “deep into the Halls of Congress, the White House, and Fortune 500 boardrooms…
How Bill Clinton’s Presidency Changed American Capitalism
Courtesy UCSB Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In their new book, A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism, historians Judith Stein and Nelson Lichtenstein chart how the 42nd president betrayed his progressive ideals—going from optimistic Democrat who triumphed over Reagan-era conservatism to the avatar of the…
Replacing the “Old Relationship”: Rep. Greg Casar On a Historic Congressional Delegation’s Trip to Latin America
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) recently joined a historic congressional delegation to Latin America. Bill Clark/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A progressive congressional delegation has just returned from a historic trip to Latin America, where they met with three recently elected left-wing administrations in…
Replacing the “Old Relationship”: Rep. Greg Casar On a Historic Congressional Delegation’s Trip to Latin America
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) recently joined a historic congressional delegation to Latin America. Bill Clark/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A progressive congressional delegation has just returned from a historic trip to Latin America, where they met with three recently elected left-wing administrations in Brazil, Chile, and…