The Epidemic of School Shootings The Epidemic of School Shootings
More than 300,000 students have experienced gun violence in their schools since the Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999.
Apr 19, 2023 / The Nation
How Open Bargaining—and Not Letting Management Set the Ground Rules—Led to a Union Victory How Open Bargaining—and Not Letting Management Set the Ground Rules—Led to a Union Victory
In 2017, Kentucky became the most recent “right-to-work” state in the US. Which makes the recent victory by the Amalgamated Transit Union all the more significant.
Apr 19, 2023 / Column / Jane McAlevey
The Attack on Literacy The Attack on Literacy
Book banning spreads.
Apr 18, 2023 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein
“I Felt That I Had Saved My Own Life”: A Polish Woman’s Harrowing Story of Illegal Abortion “I Felt That I Had Saved My Own Life”: A Polish Woman’s Harrowing Story of Illegal Abortion
Polish activist Justyna Wydrzyńska is the first woman in Europe to be convicted of “intent to aid” an abortion. For the first time, the woman she helped, Ania, tells the story of h...
Apr 18, 2023 / Rebecca Grant
Letters From the May 1/8, 2023, Issue Letters From the May 1/8, 2023, Issue
A higher bar… Impeding our war machine…
Apr 18, 2023 / Our Readers
How Fran Drescher Went From TV Nanny to Union Boss How Fran Drescher Went From TV Nanny to Union Boss
Drescher was once network TV’s working-class darling—now, as head of SAG-AFTRA, does she have what it takes to marshal the collective power of a deeply divided union?
Apr 18, 2023 / Feature / Piper French
The Ghosts of the British Empire The Ghosts of the British Empire
In his new book Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera examines how the British Empire's pieties and fictions persist to this day.
Apr 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Priya Satia
Nothing Encapsulates the False Promise of Capitalism Like Plastic Nothing Encapsulates the False Promise of Capitalism Like Plastic
Individual good intentions can only carry us so far when the global recycling system is stacked in favor of the oil industry.
Apr 18, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola
Does the Harvard Kennedy School Serve the People—or Power? Does the Harvard Kennedy School Serve the People—or Power?
The elite public policy and government school may have reversed course on Kenneth Roth, but its deep ties to Wall Street and Washington remain.
Apr 18, 2023 / Feature / Michael Massing