How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.
A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.
Lin Nelson is retired from teaching at The Evergreen State College, is a member of Strengthening Sanctuary Alliance (an immigrant rights group, based in Olympia, Wash.), and is part of the COSH Adviso