Timothy Noah

The twentieth century promised prosperity and leisure for all. What went wrong?

It isn’t just that she’s a Trump appointee who’s hedging her bets. It’s also that special masters are unaccountable and undemocratic.

He’s a nice guy, and the unions like him. But he doesn’t have much of an agenda and doesn’t seem to want one.

Bernie Sanders got this right: We’ll have to make college free, or close to it.

The Buckeye State has grown redder and redder. The Democratic congressman could reverse that—and start to revive the Democrats’ working-class identity.

I won’t miss her politics, but I will miss her character.

The Democrats’ new tax-and-spending bill will punish stock buybacks. Not enough. But it’s a start.

But if it hadn’t been her, it might have been someone else. Here’s why Congress can’t kill the carried-interest loophole.

Why can’t Democrats deliver the steep tax increases on corporations and the rich that voters demand?

The Fed raised interest rates again on Wednesday to combat inflation, and the Commerce Department’s GDP number on Thursday could further fuel fears of a recession. Here’s how to make sense of it all.

Trump fumbled it in 2020. The Republicans will try again next time they win the White House.

West Virginians don’t waste much time worrying that corporations pay too much in taxes. Why does Joe?

It’s nonsense, of course. But you don’t have to be a far-right nutcase to appreciate it as a work of art.

Eight years ago, I didn’t believe America was becoming a wealth aristocracy. Now I’m not so sure.

Your grandmother can’t afford a hearing aid. The FDA wants to fix that, but Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Grassley say legacy manufacturers are trying to block the way.

The Supreme Court rulings on abortion and guns will cause the U.S. to fall further behind its peer nations—and invite a financial reckoning.

The state’s tenth-richest guy was up—sort of—against the state’s richest guy. Then the richest guy moved to Florida. What now?

He may well be incapable of feeling guilt. So was Mao. And that’s a defense?

Trump clearly participated in a coup. It’s less clear that Nixon ordered the Watergate break-in 50 years ago. Let’s look at the evidence.

The company says it won’t interfere with union elections at Activision Blizzard, a video game company it’s acquiring. But it’s complicated.