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How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing

How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing How Can You Get an Ethical Manicure? Support Worker Organizing

Labor advocates are harnessing the power of both workers and consumers to reform nail salons.

May 11, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Israel and Palestine Agree: Keep Politics Out of Soccer

Israel and Palestine Agree: Keep Politics Out of Soccer Israel and Palestine Agree: Keep Politics Out of Soccer

The sentiment of keeping sports and politics seperate unites the soccer leaders in Israel and Palestine. Tragically, they both mean profoundly different things.

May 11, 2015 / Dave Zirin

A Resounding Message From Scotland: Break the ‘Cozy Consensus’ Around  ‘Slash-and-Burn Austerity’

A Resounding Message From Scotland: Break the ‘Cozy Consensus’ Around ‘Slash-and-Burn Austerity’ A Resounding Message From Scotland: Break the ‘Cozy Consensus’ Around ‘Slash-and-Burn Austerity’

American progressives can learn a lot from the new anti-cuts politics.

May 8, 2015 / John Nichols

Who’s Really Laughing About the Invasion of Texas?

Who’s Really Laughing About the Invasion of Texas? Who’s Really Laughing About the Invasion of Texas?

Texas messes with the Feds.

May 8, 2015 / Leslie Savan

Fear Wins Big in Britain

Fear Wins Big in Britain Fear Wins Big in Britain

Last night the British Labour Party’s moment of triumph turned into a car crash—and the recriminations have already begun.

May 8, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Nepal’s Double Disaster

Nepal’s Double Disaster Nepal’s Double Disaster

Long before the quake, Nepal suffered the rupturing shocks of global capitalism.

May 8, 2015 / Michelle Chen

What Would Happen if Women Were In Charge of the Global Economy?

What Would Happen if Women Were In Charge of the Global Economy? What Would Happen if Women Were In Charge of the Global Economy?

Different values might have prevailed if it had been Lehman Sisters rather than Lehman Brothers.

May 8, 2015 / William Greider

Was the US Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing in Syria?

Was the US Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing in Syria? Was the US Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing in Syria?

Reliance on self-interested local allies plagues US targeting in its foreign wars, Syria edition.

May 8, 2015 / Ali Gharib

Social Democracy on the Prairie: Canadians Teach Us How to Beat Austerity

Social Democracy on the Prairie: Canadians Teach Us How to Beat Austerity Social Democracy on the Prairie: Canadians Teach Us How to Beat Austerity

What Americans can learn from Alberta’s vote to tax corporations, fund services and get serious about climate change.

May 7, 2015 / John Nichols

Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize?

Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize? Could Yale Graduate Students Be the Next to Unionize?

Following the NYU and UConn victories, graduates at Yale and other universities are demanding recognition as workers.

May 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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