Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief
He’s spectacularly trashed our political culture by weaponizing shame. But he’s not the first—and he won’t be the last.
Oct 4, 2016 / Feature / Adam Haslett
How to Get Justice After the Wells Fargo Scandal How to Get Justice After the Wells Fargo Scandal
Break up lawless banks and encourage sensible alternatives.
Oct 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?
Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war.
Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin
The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules
They're building a framework for a new normal in the low-wage workplace.
Oct 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Hyde Amendment Punishes Poor Women—and It’s Bad for the Economy The Hyde Amendment Punishes Poor Women—and It’s Bad for the Economy
The 40-year-old ban on public funding for abortion is not just a burden on individual women.
Sep 30, 2016 / Kate Bahn and Jamila Taylor
My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger My Post-Debate Blues, or, How a Rude Egomaniac Has Effectively Channeled Working-Class Anger
In his clumsy way, Trump is defining a new industrial policy and exposing the stupidity of American “exceptionalism.”
Sep 30, 2016 / William Greider
There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500 There Are People in Jail Right Now Because They Don’t Have $500
“People are here because they are poor, and it’s a perpetual cycle.”
Sep 30, 2016 / The Nation
6.8 Million Teenagers Are Food-Insecure 6.8 Million Teenagers Are Food-Insecure
Young adults are increasingly victims of a failing economy that is leaving them starving.
Sep 28, 2016 / Michelle Chen
It’s in the Best Interest of the Rich to Help Reverse Extreme Inequality It’s in the Best Interest of the Rich to Help Reverse Extreme Inequality
All of humanity is now wound together, our fate linked to our ability to respond to a planetary challenge bigger than anything we’ve faced before.
Sep 27, 2016 / Chuck Collins
Black Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design Black Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design
The Queen City has boomed in recent years. But its growth and prosperity has only hardened a racial divide established decades ago.
Sep 26, 2016 / Greg Lacour