If You Quit Your Job to Care For a Loved One, You Could Qualify for Unemployment If You Quit Your Job to Care For a Loved One, You Could Qualify for Unemployment
But more often than not, states are preventing workers from securing unemployment benefits.
Apr 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Breaking: Leading House Democrat Will Oppose TPP Fast Track Breaking: Leading House Democrat Will Oppose TPP Fast Track
As trade legislation finally proceeds to a vote, a top Democrat announced he cannot support fast-track authority.
Apr 14, 2015 / George Zornick
Grim Reaper Edition Grim Reaper Edition
The best live shows, audiobooks and Eric's funeral playlist: it's all inside today's Altercation.
Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Education Alone Won’t Put an End to Equal Pay Days Education Alone Won’t Put an End to Equal Pay Days
More education helps an individual woman earn better, but it doesn’t erase the gender wage gap.
Apr 14, 2015 / Bryce Covert
Seventy Years On, Let Us Renew FDR’s Struggle for an Economic Bill of Rights Seventy Years On, Let Us Renew FDR’s Struggle for an Economic Bill of Rights
"The rush of modern civilization itself has raised for us new difficulties, new problems which must be solved..."
Apr 14, 2015 / John Nichols
Cops Only Do Bad Things When They’re Being Filmed Cops Only Do Bad Things When They’re Being Filmed
And other lies your local Officer Friendly tells you.
Apr 14, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Eduardo Galeano: A Prophet Who Looks Backward Eduardo Galeano: A Prophet Who Looks Backward
The late author influenced a whole generation of Latin American leftists.
Apr 14, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The Debt Owed to Eduardo Galeano The Debt Owed to Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano taught us not to be embarrassed for refusing to acclimate to the horrors of the present.
Apr 13, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Can Labor Bring Wall Street Back to Main Street? Can Labor Bring Wall Street Back to Main Street?
Wells Fargo workers are protesting the bank’s predatory practices.
Apr 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Hillary Clinton’s Soft Populism Is Not Enough Hillary Clinton’s Soft Populism Is Not Enough
Clinton launched her campaign bemoaning inequality and vowing to fight for everyday Americans. Will she follow through?
Apr 12, 2015 / John Nichols