On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left
Hopes for a progressive government failed, thanks to suicidal divisions among the center-left and Beppe Grillo’s demagogic posturing.
May 3, 2013 / Frederika Randall
Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception
Implore Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to drop the Plan B age restriction.
May 3, 2013 / NationAction
Why Won’t Congress Follow? Why Won’t Congress Follow?
Eric on Howard Kurtz, Reed on the disfunction in the capital.
May 3, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
‘The Office’ and the American Workplace ‘The Office’ and the American Workplace
The doors of Dunder Mifflin are closing. But the misplaced chairs and corporate blandness of white collar work are here to stay.
May 3, 2013 / Michelle Dean
This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown
The Florida state legislature takes action to bar local, pro-worker ordinances on living wages, paid sick leave and equal employee benefits.
May 3, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math
Recent findings from Amherst College deal a major blow to austerity-friendly calculations—which the mathemeticians themselves acknowledge.
May 2, 2013 / Press Room
‘We Wanted to Let Them Know Who Is Making Their Clothes’: A Q&A With Kalpona Akter ‘We Wanted to Let Them Know Who Is Making Their Clothes’: A Q&A With Kalpona Akter
The executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity talks to Pramila Jayapal about how American consumers can pressure US corporations to protect workers abroad. ...
May 2, 2013 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal
‘Dirty Wars’: A Look Into America’s Secret Killing Machine ‘Dirty Wars’: A Look Into America’s Secret Killing Machine
In his film, Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill unveils America's extrajudicial, covert, transcontinental battlefield.
May 2, 2013 / The Nation
What’s a Clue For? What’s a Clue For?
On the flexibility of cryptic conventions
May 2, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Eye on the Pyramids (Part 1: How It Works) Eye on the Pyramids (Part 1: How It Works)
Part 1 of a series on “multi-level marketing” scams—pyramid schemes and the conservative politicians who love them, and the ordinary conservative citizens who are...
May 2, 2013 / Rick Perlstein