nafta

It’s Time for North American Solidarity

Stuart Trew, Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Manuel Perez-Rocha / FPIF Jun 4, 2025 An alternative to neoliberal trade policies is urgently needed, but Trump's gunboat diplomacy and erratic deals are not the answer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

You Can’t Replace the Desire for Economic Stability With iPads

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Mar 12, 2025 The neoliberal policy project can’t achieve durable political victory because it destroys a beloved vision of American life. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

The Democrats’ Overdue Apology Tour

Dean Baker / Beat the Press Mar 10, 2025 American workers have a right to be angry. And when you look at the numbers, it's fair to point fingers at Bill Clinton. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Original

EE.UU. castiga a México con algo más que aranceles

Timothy A. Wise and Stewart A.L. James / Truthdig Jan 27, 2025 En medio de amenazas comerciales, Estados Unidos vuelve a exportar a México maíz transgénico barato. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Original

The U.S. Is Dumping More Than Tariffs on Mexico

Timothy A. Wise and Stewart A.L. James / Truthdig Jan 27, 2025 The U.S. is again exporting cheap, genetically modified corn to Mexico. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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 )

Opinion

The Wonks Who Refuse to Apologize for NAFTA

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Oct 10, 2024 Why is it so hard to say you’re sorry to the victims of deindustrialization? Dig deeper ( 8 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 )

MSNBC's Chris Matthews resigned as host of "Hardball" this week.

The Democratic Establishment May Fear Sanders More Than Trump

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Mar 3, 2020 Chris Matthews abruptly resigned from MSNBC this week, but not before revealing how party elites really feel about the Vermont senator. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The New Rules of the Game

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 17, 2020 If Bernie Sanders — miraculously — wins the nomination, Democratic Party elites suddenly will bless Trump as the least worst option. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich announces his run for governor of Ohio in 2018.

Dennis Kucinich: The Democratic Party Has No Soul

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 31, 2020 As tensions between progressives and moderates boil over, the former presidential candidate offers an insider’s take on the party. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Trump: New Trade Deal With Canada, Mexico to Boost U.S. Growth

KEVIN FREKING and PAUL WISEMAN / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 Experts, however, say the impact of the new USMCA, an update to NAFTA, will be modest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )