Why Should Your Credit History Cost You a Job?

In most states, an employer can require a credit report as part of your job application. Elizabeth Warren wants to stop that.

Michelle Chen

Puerto Rico Needs Massive Emergency Aid Now—and an End to Austerity

The island has become a target not only for rapacious vulture funds but also for exponents of Katrina-style “disaster capitalism.”

Ed Morales

When Growing Old Means Living in Your Car, Working in an Amazon Warehouse

An interview with Nomadland author Jessica Bruder on America’s new, precarious old age.

Astra Taylor

For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’

Donald Trump thought targeting NFL players with his racialized venom would be smart politics. He was wrong.

Dave Zirin

How Fox Keeps Evading the Truth

Even the Daily Mail sometimes admits it’s wrong. Why not Fox News?

Eric Alterman

A Professional Athlete’s Reply to Trump

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue

A peek inside the rogues’ gallery… A real Shonda… End of the line… Tending our rural roots…

Our Readers and Eric Alterman