Long Roe to Hoe Long Roe to Hoe
Improving the sorry state of US reproductive health policy requires serious shifts within the women's movement and the abortion rights movement.
Jan 17, 2008 / Frances Kissling and Kate Michelman
Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess
Civil legal aid attorneys could have sounded the alarm years before the subprime scandal began destroying the lives of urban poor--but Congress wouldn't let them.
Jan 16, 2008 / Feature / Laura K. Abel
New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary
Edwards and Kucinich oppose nuclear power plants; Obama and Clinton are very much in favor: Will voters care?
Jan 7, 2008 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman
Maternity Fashions, Junior Size Maternity Fashions, Junior Size
Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it's 2008!
Jan 3, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Beyond the Labor Board Beyond the Labor Board
Partisan appointments to Bush's National Labor Relations Board have ensured it's virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.
Jan 3, 2008 / Max Fraser
Noted. Noted.
Guest blogging at The Nation.com, gazing into Kristol's ball, revisiting Hoover's roundup.
Jan 3, 2008 / The Editors
Writers of the World Unite Writers of the World Unite
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.
Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Luvh Rakhe
The Secret Library of Hope The Secret Library of Hope
Twelve authors on war and peace, dissent, the environment and the empowerment of the poor provide inspiration to transform the world in 2008.
Dec 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Solnit
Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King Farmworkers and Students Take On Burger King
The fast-food giant's insistence on paying poverty wages to tomato pickers could backfire, as student activists' campaign for fair food cuts into their business.
Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Permalancers, Unite! Permalancers, Unite!
Freelancers staged a walkout at Viacom this week, instigating one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns in recent memory.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anya Kamenetz