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Nurse understaffing strike

Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis? Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis?

The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses."

Nov 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup

Nation Poetry

Disaster Exposure Disaster Exposure

Nov 27, 2023 / Poems / Daniel Borzutzky

Demonstrators led by the protest group Code Pink wear masks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they sit at the entrance to the AIPAC policy conference, March 1, 2015.

The Looming Threat of Israel’s Nuclear Option The Looming Threat of Israel’s Nuclear Option

A cornered, nuclear-armed Benjamin Netanyahu would be the definition of a perilous situation in a war where nothing—not journalists, schools, or even hospitals—has proven off-limi...

Nov 24, 2023 / Joshua Frank

Holiday Declarations

Holiday Declarations Holiday Declarations

Milei's milieu.

Nov 24, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Pierre Omidyar, the chairman and founder of eBay, looks on during the final session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, on September 23, 2010.

Why “Liberal” Donors Love Giving Money to the Extreme Right Why “Liberal” Donors Love Giving Money to the Extreme Right

Many purportedly progressive plutocrats turn reactionary on Israel and labor.

Nov 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Spinning Out of Balance

Spinning Out of Balance Spinning Out of Balance

Oil companies double down as Earth heats up.

Nov 24, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

jewish anti-zionists march for Palestine

On Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism On Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism

A “non-Jewish” Jewish perspective. 

Nov 24, 2023 / Lewis Siegelbaum

You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek

You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek You Deserve a 4-Day Workweek

It’s time for Americans to claw their lives back from work.

Nov 24, 2023 / Bryce Covert

Solidarity and Artivism

Solidarity and Artivism Solidarity and Artivism

Bringing relief.

Nov 23, 2023 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day

It's a Wonderful Life still, banking, bankers

In Defense of the 30-Year Mortgage In Defense of the 30-Year Mortgage

A recent New York Times column argued that the long term fixed-rate loan popular with US homebuyers is unfair to banks. In fact the arrangement—a fruit of the New Deal—is somethin...

Nov 23, 2023 / James K. Galbraith

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