Bill Clinton Campaigned as a Progressive. Why Didn’t He Govern Like One?
This piece is adapted from A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein. The book will be available from Princeton University Press on September 12. This excerpt is accompanied by an interview with one of the book’s authors. On December 14 and 15, 1992, the transition…
The Struggle to Tax the Rich Isn’t Done Yet—In Some States It’s Actually Happening
People participate in a “March on Billionaires” event on July 17, 2020 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality ABERDEEN, Wash.—Under an overcast sky,…
Railroad Workers Kept Applying Pressure For Sick Days. It’s Working.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks to reporters in December before meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh about a potential railroad strike. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last fall, many union railroad workers in the United States…
Did Mailchimp Censor J.D. Vance?
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, (R-Oh), at the East Palestine Fire Department in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.Matt Freed/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance accused the…
Dems Tell GOP to Stop Holding Americans’ Finances Hostage Over the Debt Ceiling
House Speaker Kevin McCarthyJ. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The fight over the nation’s debt limit has been brewing in Congress for months and is now ramping up. On Sunday, several Democratic lawmakers called on Republicans to stop using the cap as…
Big Utilities Are “Diabolical, Man!”
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. On the long list of things standing in the way of the green energy transition, utilities are up at the top. So…