US President Joe Biden answers questions, alongside Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young, after introducing his budget request for fiscal year 2023 in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 28. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as … Read more
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. (Archive Photos / Getty Images) There are great parallels between the birthing pains of Social Security and President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda in the Build Back Better package. Both proposed to fundamentally transform the social compact between working Americans and their government. Both … Read more
Housing rights activists marched in New York City’s Billionaires’ March on January 12, 2022, to demand an extension of the eviction moratorium, and to call for evictions or evictions in the winter without cause. (Carla Ann Cote/NoorPhoto via The Associated Press) participation in Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you … Read more