Politics

NYT Revises History of How the Democrats Lost the Working Class

Dean Baker / Beat the Press Jan 8, 2025 The paper wants us to believe disaffection is a result of misunderstanding and not an elite agenda in which it is complicit. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Author Interview

Who’s Afraid of Free Trade?

Colin Vanderburg / n+1 Sep 20, 2024 Economic historian Marc-William Palen on the largely forgotten legacy of the “economic peace” movement. Dig deeper ( 23 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Today’s Trade Agreements Benefit Corporate Profits, Not People

Jim Goodman / The Progressive Feb 23, 2024 These treaties harm both farmers and consumers by squeezing food systems for maximum profit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

NAFTA Did Exactly What It Was Designed to Do

Dean Baker / FAIR Dec 5, 2019 No one should be surprised by the loss of high-paying, union manufacturing jobs to Mexico. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Wavering Democrats Bought Into Kochs’ Free Trade Scheme

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Aug 13, 2019 Third Way, a think tank tied to centrist Democrats, took money from the ultra-right family to promote unpopular free trade policies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Xi Jinping Offers U.S. Possible Trade Concessions

JOE McDONALD and GILLIAN WONG / The Associated Press Apr 10, 2018 China's president promises to cut auto tariffs and make other concessions aimed at defusing a dispute with Washington that investors fear could harm the global economic recovery. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Time for a Fair Trade System After NAFTA Talks Falter

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance Oct 19, 2017 Mexico, Canada and the U.S. should abandon the corporate model of trade that puts profits before protection of people and the planet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How a 19th-Century Whaleship Can Save the ‘White Working Class’

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 18, 2017 The story of the Essex—rooted in racialized ignorance and fear—offers a valuable lesson in survival for contemporary America. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Trump Will Continue to Scam the White Working Class. Here’s How to Stop Him.

Paul Street / Truthdig Feb 16, 2017 Progressives need to sharpen their understanding of why blue-collar Americans voted a billionaire into the White House and find a way to connect with them. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Mexico’s Zapatista Movement May Offer Solutions to Neoliberal Threats to Global Food Security

By Levi Gahman / The Solutions Journal Aug 21, 2016 The indigenous group has built an autonomous, locally based food system that escapes corporate programs and practices that are fostering unprecedented poverty, hunger and suffering. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Libertarians Love Civil Liberties — but Won’t Use Government to Protect Them From Capitalists

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 17, 2016 Truthdig followed along as Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson and running mate William Weld answered questions in a live stream forum moderated by Fusion's Jorge Ramos and Alicia Menendez. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Panama Papers Offer More Evidence That Free Trade Isn’t Really Free

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2016 As much as President Clinton and President Obama like to talk about "free trade" deals, the truth is that the working class ends up paying. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )