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The IMF (Finally) Admits That Inequality Slows Growth

The IMF (Finally) Admits That Inequality Slows Growth The IMF (Finally) Admits That Inequality Slows Growth

What remains to be seen is whether the IMF will use this research to develop policies that grow the economy through redistribution.

Mar 6, 2014 / Kathleen Geier

Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up

Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up

A triggering event can be so individual, so specific, that there is no anticipating it.

Mar 6, 2014 / Jessica Valenti

Campaign to Address the Student Loan Crisis Launches

Campaign to Address the Student Loan Crisis Launches Campaign to Address the Student Loan Crisis Launches

With student loan debt and college costs skyrocketing, a new group aims to push for change inside and outside Washington. 

Mar 6, 2014 / George Zornick

Tell President Obama: End the Hypocrisy on International Law

Tell President Obama: End the Hypocrisy on International Law Tell President Obama: End the Hypocrisy on International Law

President Obama has denounced Russia for violating international law with its military intervention in Crimea. A new campaign points out that the United States is hardly beyond rep...

Mar 6, 2014 / NationAction

Tourney Time Tourney Time

Puzzlers gather in Brooklyn

Mar 6, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Subway Arrests Are Up 300 Percent Under de Blasio and Bratton. Why?

Subway Arrests Are Up 300 Percent Under de Blasio and Bratton. Why? Subway Arrests Are Up 300 Percent Under de Blasio and Bratton. Why?

Overall stops and arrests are down, but arrests of panhandlers and peddlers are way up.

Mar 6, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

Bernie Sanders: ‘I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States’ [Updated on March 19]

Bernie Sanders: ‘I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States’ [Updated on March 19] Bernie Sanders: ‘I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States’ [Updated on March 19]

Vermont independent wants to talk to progressives about a 2016 run, about whether to do so as a Democrat. “If I run,” he says, “my job…is to build the kind of coalition that can wi...

Mar 6, 2014 / John Nichols

The Dark Side of the Ukraine Revolt

The Dark Side of the Ukraine Revolt The Dark Side of the Ukraine Revolt

Ukraine’s ultra-right-wing Svoboda party is no fringe organization.

Mar 6, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus

Pentagon

The Pentagon’s Phony Budget Wars The Pentagon’s Phony Budget Wars

Despite the uproar over reductions to defense funding, less than 1 percent of the Pentagon's beefy $550 billion budget will be cut this year.

Mar 6, 2014 / Mattea Kramer

Diplomacy Is ‘Key’ for Resolving the Crisis in Ukraine

Diplomacy Is ‘Key’ for Resolving the Crisis in Ukraine Diplomacy Is ‘Key’ for Resolving the Crisis in Ukraine

Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel calls for an end to sabre-rattling over Ukraine in an appearance on CNN’s Amanpour. 

Mar 5, 2014 / Press Room

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