Economics

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Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion Are You a Millennial? Congratulations! Climate Change Will Cost Your Generation $8.8 Trillion

That is, unless real change comes to the economy, and fast.

Aug 31, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump RNC Speech

Will Trump’s Poisonous Politics Leave Lasting Damage? Will Trump’s Poisonous Politics Leave Lasting Damage?

The danger in this election is not just that Trump could win. It’s that—win or lose—he could poison our politics for a generation.

Aug 30, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hurricane Katrina Disaster

White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not. White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not.

Taking stock 11 years after the storm.

Aug 29, 2016 / Gary Rivlin

Donald Trump with Louisiana supporters

Inside the Head of a Trump Supporter Inside the Head of a Trump Supporter

Mike Schaff’s community was destroyed by the failures of a private company, but he’s voting for America’s most notorious businessman. Why?

Aug 29, 2016 / Arlie Hochschild

Peruvian Anti-IMF Protests

Will the IMF Become Irrelevant Before It Changes? Will the IMF Become Irrelevant Before It Changes?

The neoliberal reforms it has imposed on countries around the world have been disastrous.

Aug 29, 2016 / Mark Weisbrot

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The Wage Gap Is Worse for Black Women The Wage Gap Is Worse for Black Women

Black women earn just 67 cents for every dollar white men earn.

Aug 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel

Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel Love in a Time of Capital: An Interview With Moira Weigel

The author of a new history of dating talks with Nation advice columnist Liza Featherstone.

Aug 29, 2016 / Q&A / Liza Featherstone

Warren Hinckle and staffers

Warren Hinckle’s Truth-to-Power Journalism and Politics Broke the Conventional Wisdom Warren Hinckle’s Truth-to-Power Journalism and Politics Broke the Conventional Wisdom

As the editor of Ramparts, he helped shape the radicalism of the 1960s, and kept on challenging injustice and “professional megabuck politics.”

Aug 26, 2016 / John Nichols

Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House.

Welfare Was ‘Reformed’ 20 Years Ago This Week. I’ve Suffered the Consequences. Welfare Was ‘Reformed’ 20 Years Ago This Week. I’ve Suffered the Consequences.

And now, House Speaker Paul Ryan wants to build on that disastrous legacy.

Aug 26, 2016 / Stephanie Land

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New York’s Nail Salons Are Still Toxic New York’s Nail Salons Are Still Toxic

And salon owners are now protesting new policies that aim to protect workers and consumers from chemical contamination.

Aug 26, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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