Yet Another Reason to Believe That Income Inequality Has Skyrocketed Recently
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s another reason I think the rise of income inequality is real. If income inequality had stayed about the same over the past few decades, then you’d expect wealth inequality to stay roughly the same too. But that’s not what’s happened: Measurement of wealth has…
What the Federal Court Decision to Revive DACA Really Means
Row of Greek columnsFor more legal images click here:DNY59/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal court ruling Tuesday evening is poised to give some relief to the nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants who were left in legal limbo after the Trump administration rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…
The Most Important Election of 2018 Might Be Happening in Maryland
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ben Jealous was in a hurry. It was a Sunday morning in early June and he had just addressed a few thousand Bernie Sanders followers at the People’s Summit, a Chicago gathering of lefty organizers. It had been a long weekend of workshops and plenaries…
These 7 Primary Fights Will Shape the Future of the Democratic Party
Mother Jones illustration; wakila/getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With 10 Democrats up for reelection in states Donald Trump won, the party needs a lot to go right if it’s going to take back the Senate this year. But at least one big thing already has: The most vulnerable Democratic…
European Countries Have Battled Russian Interference for Years. Here’s What the US Can Learn From Them.
Steffen Kugler/Planet Pix/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 2016 US election wasn’t an anomaly. Russia targeted American democracy, but has also has ramped up cyberattacks and influence campaigns in recent years in Europe as well, making the continent a testing ground for Kremlin efforts to sway democratic elections—and for how democracies can fight back. On…
How Oprah Helped Spread Anti-Vaccine Pseudoscience
Sthanlee Mirador/Sipa USA via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Calls for Oprah Winfrey to run for president may have begun as a joke, but in the wake of her rousing Golden Globes speech, speculation has swirled. CNN even ran live updates on a potential “Oprah 2020” campaign on Monday. President Donald Trump told…