Disaster Capitalism

As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People

As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People As the 2016 Campaigns Heat Up, the Moment Still Belongs to the People

What once seemed unexpected is no longer unthinkable.

Sep 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

September 15, 2008: Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy and American Finance Collapses

September 15, 2008: Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy and American Finance Collapses September 15, 2008: Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy and American Finance Collapses

“What you have is a glorified money-laundering scheme.”

Sep 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Greenhouse Gases

Fossil-Fuel Executives Are Making Obscene Amounts of Money for Wrecking the Planet—and Their Own Companies Fossil-Fuel Executives Are Making Obscene Amounts of Money for Wrecking the Planet—and Their Own Companies

The kings of Big Coal are making off with millions, while their industry collapses.

Sep 2, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina

Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina

The city has granted more than 24,000 demolition permits since Katrina. The Nation partnered with The Lens, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, to explore the fate of those proper...

Aug 27, 2015 / Investigation / The Lens and The Nation

New Orleans video

VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did

A new documentary shows how the city has changed in the decade since the storm—and also how it hasn’t.

Aug 14, 2015 / Laura Flanders and Jordan Flaherty

Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans

Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans

We are black and alive, still, despite what the pictures say.

Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Kristina Kay Robinson

Aftermath, 10 years later, of Katrina.

Why the Lower Ninth Ward Looks Like the Hurricane Just Hit Why the Lower Ninth Ward Looks Like the Hurricane Just Hit

The neighborhood’s stalled recovery is the self-fulfilling prophecy of political leaders who wrote it off from the start.

Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Gary Rivlin

New Orleans 2005 protest.

A Movement Lab in New Orleans A Movement Lab in New Orleans

The 10-year fight for a just recovery from Hurricane Katrina has driven a surge in innovative, progressive organizing.

Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Jordan Flaherty

Bud Selig

August 11, 1994: Baseball Players Walk Out On Strike August 11, 1994: Baseball Players Walk Out On Strike

“What ought to be evident by now is that a large part of the fans' hostility toward the players is the result of good old-fashioned anti-unionism.”

Aug 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece

Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece

He really does sound like a socialist, doesn’t he?

Jul 31, 2015 / William Greider

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