Category: Politics

Lies, damned lies, and Democrats talking about worker income. Dean Baker investigates.

Why can’t Puerto Rico catch a break? Because we made it that way. Lara Merling reports.

If the charges against Maria Butina are accurate, she’s only the latest in a long line of Russian agents to go undercover on U.S. campuses. Daniel Golden explores the phenomenon.

Talk about tariffs and free trade isn’t a nationalist issue. It’s a class issue. Dean Baker reports.

The president owes both his election and his long-term impact to the Senate majority leader, who not only engineered the strategy that will let Trump make two Supreme Court appointments, but also created the circumstances that facilitated his rise. Alec MacGillis writes.

The one and only way to overcome this situation is the solidarity of journalists around the world standing with Turkey. Stefan Simanowitz writes.

If America truly wants to reverse soaring income inequality, curbing CEO pay has to be on the agenda. Dean Baker explains.

On getting your government to work for you instead of for lobbyists and politicos. Dean Baker writes.