Better “messaging” alone won’t shift the dire fundamentals of this midterm election.

We used to think a silver lining to economic downturns was that inequality halted. But new research suggests recessions speed inequality up.

Inflation, abortion rights, and rising childcare costs are the kinds of issues that motivate women to vote. But which party will they support once they get there?

Of course not. But that’s what they make as they profit from the inflation that’s hurting the middle class.

It’s tempting to believe high prices are all about price gouging. But the reality is far wilder.

In an interview with The New Republic, Kansas’s lone Democrat says she’s focused on boosting the economic fortunes of her constituents and staving off the effects of inflation.

As the midterms loom, the recipients of the now-expired benefit are turning against Democrats.

The suspicious death of a marine surveyor illuminates flows of illicit money in the global economy.

By virtually every objective measure, Democrats do better. It’s not even close. So why doesn’t America know it?

The grim first-quarter GDP number has people invoking the R-word. We’ll see. In the meantime, take that trip to Costa Rica you can’t afford.

Covid initially drove wages up, especially for working-class people. But that’s over—another illustration of capital’s dethronement of labor.

Howard Schultz, Starbucks’s returning CEO, says the coffee chain is getting into scammy NFTs. But that’s nothing compared to the scam that corporations have been pulling on workers for decades now.

The poorest Americans are feeling the biggest squeeze from rising prices. Alas, Congress allowed a program that might have helped them to expire last year.

The stock market understands that the current spike in consumer prices is war-related. Why can’t Chris Cillizza?

Despite conventional wisdom, the party is not doomed in November’s midterm elections. The economy, Covid-19, the invasion of Ukraine, and the January 6 insurrection are all wild cards.

Why labor can’t compete with real estate

A new poll has some pretty grim economic news for Democrats: Respondents associate the phrase “middle class” more with Republicans.

We had it once, in the 1970s. Predicting its return is like predicting Japanese planes will again bomb Pearl Harbor.

The pandemic widened the gaps between the haves and have-nots—thus sowing the seeds of the next pandemic.

Growing evidence suggests that businesses lack the ability to address worker dissatisfaction. Time to restore an old model.