Obama Administration Announces Expanded Labor Protections for Homecare Workers Obama Administration Announces Expanded Labor Protections for Homecare Workers
After the Obama administration's historic announcement that it will expand labor protections to homecare workers, activists will continue to push for further protections for do...
Sep 17, 2013 / Sarah Arnold and NationAction
America the Possible America the Possible
What is the new American Dream?
Sep 17, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Reading the Stakes in Syria Reading the Stakes in Syria
The Syria Dilemma, edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel, offers a range of perspectives on the Syrian dilemma from within Syria and beyond.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Roxane Gay
Reagan Republicans Freak Out Over ‘The Butler’ and Race Reagan Republicans Freak Out Over ‘The Butler’ and Race
The smartest thing about the new film The Butler is its depiction of Ronald Reagan’s inadequacies on civil rights—which is something conservatives can’t stand.
Sep 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Poverty Rate and Income Stagnate as Conservatives Attack the Safety Net Poverty Rate and Income Stagnate as Conservatives Attack the Safety Net
On the fifth anniversary of the financial collapse, new Census data shows that the modest uptick in the economy has failed to reach poor- and middle-class Americans.
Sep 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
GOP Madness on Display GOP Madness on Display
The Republican right is once more gearing up to hold America hostage.
Sep 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Occupy Celebrates Two Years Of Resistance Occupy Celebrates Two Years Of Resistance
On the group report from Occupy Wall Street’s second anniversary.
Sep 17, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Thirty Years Late to a Class War Thirty Years Late to a Class War
WRITING CONTEST WINNER: We do not need a radical overthrow of political institutions, we need a radical reengagement by citizens into politics and a willingness to use means which ...
Sep 17, 2013 / StudentNation / Jim Nichols and StudentNation
Dumbledore’s Army Marches on Warner Bros. Dumbledore’s Army Marches on Warner Bros.
Fan activists demand fair labor standards in the development of products bearing the Harry Potter’s name.
Sep 17, 2013 / Ari Rabin-Havt
Letter to an Unknown Whistleblower Letter to an Unknown Whistleblower
How the security state’s mania for secrecy will create you.
Sep 17, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt