Americans Are Working So Hard, It’s Actually Killing People Americans Are Working So Hard, It’s Actually Killing People
The jobless recovery means massive speedups for many workers you depend on.
Oct 28, 2014 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Five Indictments in Glover Case Five Indictments in Glover Case
Three New Orleans police officers and two former officers were indicted Friday in the shooting death of Henry Glover, an African-American resident of New Orleans who bled to death ...
Jun 12, 2010 / Esther Kaplan
US Media Pull Punches on Flotilla Assault US Media Pull Punches on Flotilla Assault
The global press explodes in outrage, but the paper of record turns, as usual, to those it considers "reliable sources"—Israeli officials—while CNN experts ju...
Jun 1, 2010 / Esther Kaplan
Hilda Solis: Labor’s New Sheriff Hilda Solis: Labor’s New Sheriff
The Secretary of Labor has hired a crew of smart and savvy deputies to enforce the nation's labor laws.
Apr 16, 2010 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
A Test for Labor A Test for Labor
The death toll of a devastating explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia has reached twenty-five.
Apr 9, 2010 / Esther Kaplan
Justice at Last? Justice at Last?
Justice may finally be imaginable for Edna Glover and her family. The charred remains of her son Henry were discovered in the burnt hulk of a car on a levee overlooking the Mississ...
Feb 13, 2010 / Esther Kaplan
Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola
Aram Roston's November Nation exposé, "How the U.S. Funds the Taliban," has been fast picking up steam on Capitol Hill. In the article, supported by the Investigat...
Dec 17, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
Here Come the Unions Here Come the Unions
View a slideshow of images from the showdown in Chicago here. On Tuesday morning, in Chicago, the unions came to town. It was the final day of the rolling protest dubbed The Show...
Oct 27, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
Bankers and Their Victims Bankers and Their Victims
Day two of the Showdown in Chicago, a three-day-long protest against big banks, began a bit dismally for The Nation. An email from American Bankers Association spokesman John Hall ...
Oct 27, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
Anger, At Last Anger, At Last
In a brightly lit basement room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago tonight, Angel Seda was leading seven hundred people in a chant. "Tell me what you want, what you...
Oct 26, 2009 / Esther Kaplan