Twenty-Six Countries Ban GMOs—Why Won’t the US? Twenty-Six Countries Ban GMOs—Why Won’t the US?
The case against GMOs has strengthened steadily over the last few years, even as the industry has expanded all over the world.
Oct 29, 2013 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank
While $13 billion isn't chump change, it represents just half of the megabank’s profits last year.
Oct 22, 2013 / Robert Scheer
The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail
Will the Justice Department finally pursue criminal charges against the megabank for its long list of misdeeds?
Oct 21, 2013 / William Greider
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare
Opposition to affordable healthcare has always been backed by untold sums of corporate money and marked by a notably consistent streak of red-baiting rhetoric and doom-saying predi...
Oct 5, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business
Meet the corporations who are profiting off our prison system.
Oct 1, 2013 / Liliana Segura
SEC Makes Important Move Towards Reining In CEO Pay SEC Makes Important Move Towards Reining In CEO Pay
CEOs capture an average of 10 percent of their company’s profits. Will a new SEC action change that?
Sep 19, 2013 / George Zornick
Blocking the Public’s Right to Know About ALEC Blocking the Public’s Right to Know About ALEC
The American Legislative Exchange Council has always been secretive, but now officials are moving to prevent open-records requests for information about the group’s influence...
Sep 18, 2013 / John Nichols
Dollarocracy Dollarocracy
Special interests dominate Washington and undermine our democracy.
Sep 11, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Walmart Workers Plan ‘Widespread, Massive Strikes and Protests’ for Black Friday 2013 Walmart Workers Plan ‘Widespread, Massive Strikes and Protests’ for Black Friday 2013
Following rallies in fifteen cities yesterday demanding the reinstatement of fired activists, workers plan a second Black Friday strike.
Sep 6, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Paying CEOs Top Dollar for Poor Performance Paying CEOs Top Dollar for Poor Performance
A new report reveals that America’s highest-paid CEOs often do their jobs badly, leaving taxpayers to clean up the mess.
Aug 28, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter