A Bribery Scandal Hits the ‘2020’ Tokyo Olympics A Bribery Scandal Hits the ‘2020’ Tokyo Olympics
We now have even more evidence that the IOC is overseeing a thoroughly corrupt process.
Apr 1, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
How a Human Rights Lawyer Went From Hero to House Arrest How a Human Rights Lawyer Went From Hero to House Arrest
Lawyer Steven Donziger helped win a $9.5 billion judgment for rain forest cleanup. Then Chevron hit back.
Mar 31, 2020 / Feature / James North
Out From Under ‘the Economy’ Out From Under ‘the Economy’
Covid-19 proves we can’t conflate the market’s health with workers’ well-being.
Mar 30, 2020 / Sheetal Chhabria and Aparna Gopalan
How Progressive Is the Stimulus? How Progressive Is the Stimulus?
A massive cash bailout is necessary in the short term—but we need a longer-term vision to fix the flaws in our economy.
Mar 26, 2020 / Joelle Gamble
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Get Away With Discrimination The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier to Get Away With Discrimination
What makes the decision all the more terrible is that the court ruled unanimously to weaken the civil rights protection at the center of the case.
Mar 26, 2020 / Elie Mystal
From Globalization to Regionalization? From Globalization to Regionalization?
The world after the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be a very different place.
Mar 22, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
Amid a Pandemic, Target Employees Work in Fear Amid a Pandemic, Target Employees Work in Fear
Target and many other big retailers have yet to provide paid sick leave, endangering workers and customers.
Mar 19, 2020 / P.E. Moskowitz
Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity
The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”
Mar 18, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe
Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt
Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.
Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams
The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility
Nicholas Lemann’s history of 20th century corporations, Transaction Man, shows how an unrelenting faith in the market and profit doomed the American economy.
Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein