The Latest Bout of Inflation Doom-Mongering Doesn’t Add Up
Last week’s inflation data prompted an outpouring of alarmism and calls for the Fed to squeeze the economy even harder. Here’s why the doomsaying is wrong.
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Even Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Finding High Support for Socialism
Poll after poll after poll keeps showing high levels of support for socialism in the United States and Canada — even when it’s conservatives doing the polling.
Iowa Republicans Want to Push Children Into the Workforce
The US’s miserly welfare state is known for forcing people to work rather than shielding them from the most exploitative jobs. And in Iowa, GOP lawmakers are taking the Dickensian cruelty further: they’re considering loosening restrictions on child labor.
Karl Kautsky Wrote Some Classic Works of Marxist History
The German Marxist thinker Karl Kautsky uncovered the radical history of Christianity, from the early years of the Church to the Reformation and the German Peasant War. His pioneering work in Marxist historiography deserves to be remembered today.
Kathy Hochul Says She’s for Safer Railroads — Right After Vetoing a Rail-Safety Law
In the wake of the East Palestine derailment, New York governor Kathy Hochul is calling for stricter federal regulations on hazmat trains. But last December, Hochul vetoed a proposed state law to improve rail safety by requiring minimum two-person train crews.
Turkey’s Earthquake Disaster Is a Story of Corporate Greed
The earthquake that struck Turkey last month was a natural disaster, but the staggering death toll is the result of construction firms dodging building safety regulations in pursuit of profit.
Brandon Johnson Is Heading to Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff as a Champion of the Working Class
The results of last night’s Chicago mayor election were stunning: former Chicago Teachers Union organizer Brandon Johnson advanced to an April runoff against neoliberal architect Paul Vallas — pitting working-class power against austerity.
Saint Omer Has Secured Alice Diop’s Place as One of France’s Best Filmmakers
Alice Diop made her name making subversive documentaries about multicultural working-class France. Her latest film, Saint Omer, fictionalizes a trial that led to a national scandal: a Senegalese-born woman who claimed witchcraft led her to murder her child.
Railroad Industry Lobbyists Are Paying Politico to Tout Train Safety
The rail industry’s top lobbying group is paying Politico to convince the public that railroad companies are committed to public safety — at the same time the railroad industry is actually fighting new safety rules.
Americans Are Struggling With Inflation. Corporations Are Not.
Whether eggs, flour, or baby formula, the household goods that have seen some of the steepest price increases and majorly squeezed average Americans have also made their manufacturers incredible amounts of profit.
No One Should Have to Spend Most of Their Income on Rent
Renting a one-bedroom apartment in Lisbon costs a massive 63% of the average resident’s wage. Faced with one of Europe’s worst housing markets, Portugal’s government has proposed to subsidize rents — but critics say it’s another handout to landlords.
Canada’s Paper of Record Is Ignoring Ottawa’s Backing of Right-Wing Coups
The Globe and Mail’s new revelations about socialist poet Pablo Neruda’s death after the 1973 coup in Chile carefully omitted any reference to Ottawa’s complicity in the repression. But in Chile and around the world, Canada has long helped undermine democracy.