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Timothy Noah

Timothy Noah is a New Republic staff writer and author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.

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September 19, 2023
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Why Working Stiffs Don’t Mind Trump Crapping on Their Union
According to a new book, it’s because they’re bowling—if not alone, then with the wrong crowd.
September 15, 2023
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Can the UAW Transform America Again?
By thinking big, Shawn Fain is summoning memories of Walter Reuther and the autoworkers’ union’s finest hour.
September 13, 2023
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How State Right-to-Work Laws Screw the Working Class
For a party looking to woo back working-class voters, there’s no better issue for Democrats in 2024 than building union strength.
September 8, 2023
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Literally and Figuratively, We Are Constipation Nation
A national laxative shortage is the perfect metaphor for the United States these past four decades.
September 7, 2023
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How on Earth Can Voters Think Trump Accomplished More Than Biden?
They’re wrong, of course. But I have a few hypotheses, including an insurance-premium crisis brought on by climate change.
September 1, 2023
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Labor Chief Shawn Fain Worries the Big Three—and the White House
The United Autoworkers’ audacious new president means business—and has September 14 circled on his calendar.
August 30, 2023
Biden Labor Department Moves to Give 3.6 Million Workers Overtime Pay
It’s not a minimum-wage increase, but for many it would have a comparable effect.
August 30, 2023
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Mitch McConnell Is Waging War on Labor. Don’t Worry, He’ll Lose.
The NLRB last week scored a huge victory for workers seeking to organize. The Senate’s strategy to hit back is just bizarre.
August 18, 2023
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Establishment Republicans Are Wrong About Bidenomics, Too
The right wing struck out. Now moderate conservatives are also whiffing.
August 15, 2023
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The Two Heroes of the Georgia Indictment
Trump and his mobsters tried to bully election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss. They stood their ground.
August 11, 2023
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Why Is the Fed So Obsessed With 2 Percent Inflation?
The much-vaunted target is stupidly low—and not the most important economic indicator of the moment.
August 8, 2023
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The Commentariat Lets Donald Trump Off the Hook
Stop arguing the former president’s utterances are too obviously vile to be plausibly illegal. He’s just a cheap crook.
August 3, 2023
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Republican Chaos Is to Blame for the Fitch Downgrade
We got here through decades of sabotage whenever a Democrat was in the White House. But Biden isn’t doing enough today to stop it.
July 31, 2023
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Why Washington Loves UFOs
It would be gratifying to blame Republicans, but Democrats started it.
July 27, 2023
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Labor Made Peace With UPS, but What About UPS’s Chief Competitor?
FedEx Ground is nonunion, and its drivers aren’t even employees. They’re “independent contractors,” and therein lies a racket.
July 25, 2023
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What Drives Blind Denial of Economic Good News?
Wall Street knows that Bidenomics works. The man on the street does not. Here’s why.
July 12, 2023
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You’ll Be Very Surprised Who’s Benefiting Most From Bidenomics
Red states, not blue ones, are seeing the biggest income gains. But it’s not for the reason Wall Street Journal editorialists think.
July 10, 2023
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The Only Problem With Bidenomics? We Need More of It.
No, Covid didn’t reverse 40 years of growing economic inequality. Here’s what will.
July 7, 2023
The Bidenomics Winning Streak Continues: 209,000 Jobs Added
The economy is proving harder to push into recession than the Fed thought.
July 6, 2023
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The Truth About the GOP and the Deficit: All They Do Is Raise It
They talk deficit reduction. But what they actually do—time after time after time—is raise it via corporate giveaways. Here’s the latest example.

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