Class

Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights

Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights

This faux populist is all about enriching corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and consumers—but labor is fighting back, and union popularity is at near-record hi...

Sep 24, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump

As Democratic voters look closer, it’s hard to see Biden as an agent of change.

Sep 24, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America

The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America

The agrarian, feminist, and labor movements of the 19th century elevated equality to a cardinal principle, but all three  fell short when it came to transcending the divide of...

Sep 24, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa

2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa 2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa

Here's how Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, and Castro did when they were challenged to answer tough questions about Medicare for All, racial profiling, and housing justice.

Sep 23, 2019 / John Nichols

Warren Washington Square

The ‘Jacobin’ Outrage About the Working Family Party’s Elizabeth Warren Endorsement Is Foolish and Unjustified The ‘Jacobin’ Outrage About the Working Family Party’s Elizabeth Warren Endorsement Is Foolish and Unjustified

Nobody owns the working class—or the warrant of “History.”

Sep 19, 2019 / Jeffrey C. Isaac

Ballot Box Hand

Democrats, Don’t Be Afraid to Go Big in 2020 Democrats, Don’t Be Afraid to Go Big in 2020

To win in the long run, the party must compete everywhere.

Sep 17, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Union members picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.)

Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support

Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.

Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable

The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable

Daniel Markovits explains to The Nation how elite education is destroying the middle class and exacerbating inequality.

Sep 12, 2019 / Q&A / Christopher Shay

Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change

Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change Democrats Need a Feisty Fighter on Climate Change

Democrats would be wise to ignore much of the punditry’s pearl-clutching about being too bold.

Sep 10, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class? What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

Some of the strongest evidence that our country needs structural change, that our problems go much deeper than one white nationalist president, lies in history that is rarely taugh...

Sep 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Abe Asher

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