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Kyle  Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted

Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted

Rittenhouse’s acquittal is not a “miscarriage” of justice, as some might claim. It is our white justice system working as intended.

Nov 19, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home

Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home

As the pandemic closed down New York City, Fitzgerald found her daughter and herself priced out of a place to live.

Nov 15, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

The Mess Democrats Are In

The Mess Democrats Are In The Mess Democrats Are In

If they fail to get their act together, they will suffer a defeat in the midterms that increases the likelihood of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Nov 12, 2021 / John Nichols for The Nation

John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs

John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs

How a war correspondent found himself bouncing rowdy customers at a strip club—and what came next.

Nov 8, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

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Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue

Mass decarceration is exactly what’s needed to ensure that people aren’t simply being shuttled from one inhumane situation to another.

Nov 2, 2021 / Victoria Law for The Nation

Lisa Ventura

There’s a Term for the Avalanche of Paperwork We All Deal With There’s a Term for the Avalanche of Paperwork We All Deal With

When Lisa Ventura’s father needed help filing for unemployment, she got an overload of what experts call “administrative burden.”

Nov 1, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register

I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register

Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.

Oct 25, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story 

A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story  A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story 

How did Ray Suarez end up jobless and worrying about how he was going to pay his dental bills?

Oct 18, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused

When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused

Lori Yearwood hadn’t thought much about sleep—until she found herself homeless, and unable to catch a wink.

Oct 18, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Pandora Papers

There Are No Borders for the Rich There Are No Borders for the Rich

For the ruling class, the nation-state is an indispensable fiction.

Oct 15, 2021 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for The Nation

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