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April 18, 2014An heir to Alexis de Tocqueville's tradition of analytic history, economist Thomas Piketty has a message that could not be more different.
April 18, 2014Informed by data, economist Thomas Piketty evaluates — and rejects — a number of generally accepted conclusions in economic thought.
April 18, 2014Thomas Piketty's monumental book seeks to understand the “laws of motion” of capitalism and puts labor and capital squarely back in economics.
April 17, 2014 | Updated April 30, 2014As powerful media organizations and the government threaten to stifle free speech, a coalition of activists is fighting for your right to connect and communicate.
April 16, 2014The racism of voter ID laws has received too little attention where it matters.
April 16, 2014Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows how much today's inequality has in common with what America, France and Britain saw a century ago.
April 14, 2014Women are much more likely to have minimum-wage jobs than men and female-headed households are more likely to be poor.
April 14, 2014A court that consistently decides all relevant cases on behalf of corporate interests undermines its own legitimacy, as well as the Constitution.
April 12, 2014If we hope to improve educational outcomes, we need to demand policies that ensure that students can come to class well-fed and ready to learn.
April 10, 2014Progressive donors tend to operate in the sunshine of public disclosure and are a pale shadow of the conservative juggernaut that is the Koch empire.
