Noah Berlatsky

Noah Berlatsky writes about the political economy for the Editorial Board. He lives in Chicago. Find him @nberlat.

Defund the police through the backdoor by legalizing weed

April 13, 2022 /

We could avoid the trauma and ruin of criminalization, and spend the savings on making a kinder and more equitable country.

Drop Iowa. Make DC first

April 5, 2022 /

The Democrats consider changing who votes first.

No, Carlson, Greenwald and the rest are not in Russian pay

March 28, 2022 /

My editor is wrong. It’s worse than that.

Democrats should make it clear to the public that voting against green energy is voting for an authoritarian imperialist

March 18, 2022 /

Fretting about the price of gas is short-term thinking.

No, the war in Ukraine hasn’t shown that America’s military is behind Russia’s

March 14, 2022 /

Mitch McConnell is wrong. The opposite is true.

Manchin and the GOP smear the poor to avoid helping them

March 8, 2022 /

Cash payments lift kids out of poverty. To the rightwing, though, that can’t be. The poor are poor, because they deserve their poverty.

To fight corruption, Congress should give itself a raise

February 22, 2022 /

We need to encourage less wealthy people to enter service.

To US oligarchs, majority views on taxing the rich count for little

February 14, 2022 /

If we fail to restrain the corruption of moneyed elites, the United States may go further down a path that’s difficult to retrace.

The pandemic, not public spending, is driving inflation

February 9, 2022 /

Supply chain issues are global. So are rising prices.

Why do we expect so much sacrifice from teachers?

February 1, 2022 /

Valuing an educated public means paying teachers fairly.