A new research paper says that during the Cold War, the looming threat of communism caused capitalist countries to keep inequality low: “The results suggest, as reinforced by some cases studied, that the spread of communism fostered deals between domestic elites and workers that redistributed the gains from capital in… Read more
A flag. A monument. A bathroom, for women. These are the symbols of America. This nation of ours, founded by Reagan,…
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Say what you will about harrumphing corporate-branded golf shirt Thomas Friedman, but you must admit that he boasts…
Andy Stern spent 14 years as the head of the SEIU, America’s most politically active labor union. He was perhaps the…
There are a lot of fights on TV. Fine. It’s a dramatic thing that happens. But can we “cool it” with the throwing of…
If you set aside boiling rage for a moment and look coldly at the progression of recent American politics, you can…
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Larry Krasner, one of America’s most fiery advocates for criminal justice reform, was elected district attorney of…
Hector Figueroa died just a few days before Prime Day. Perhaps he could have appreciated the humor in that. There is…
Because we are idiot masochists, we are spending this beautiful summer Saturday afternoon inside the Philadelphia…
Hector Figueroa, the head of SEIU 32BJ—one of the strongest and most politically active labor unions in New…
PHILADEPHIA—This afternoon at Netroots Nation, the annual conference of the professional activist left, two of…
Many successful people in the media view the industry as a ladder. You start at the bottom and climb up, leaving…
The issue of minimum wage is not as simple as you, a moron, saying “I would like to be paid more money.” It is about …
Those of you wise enough to read Splinter should understand that the two best candidates policy-wise in the…
Thinking of getting new shoes this summer to look “fly?” Slow down there partner. Try this: new shoelaces.
At America’s research universities, “the number of black tenured faculty members grew by only one-tenth of a percent from 2013 to 2017, to comprise 4 percent of the total tenured faculty. The number of Hispanic and Latino tenured faculty members also grew by less than 1 percent... [to] 4.6 percent of tenured faculty.”… Read more
Once upon a time, not long ago, there was a strong media narrative that Millennials were “cool.” Now, as happens…