Some Good News in the Fight for 15 Some Good News in the Fight for 15
The highest labor board in the country just confirmed fast-food workers’ right to organize.
Mar 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Construction Is Dangerous Work Construction Is Dangerous Work
The construction industry accounts for only 4 percent of New York’s jobs but a full fifth of the state’s occupational deaths.
Feb 26, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Let Them Eat Missiles, and Other Myths of the American War Machine Let Them Eat Missiles, and Other Myths of the American War Machine
The problem with US military strategy is that it doesn’t fix any of the problems it’s setting out to address.
Feb 25, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?
Four historians consider how the Democratic candidates fit within the history of the Progressive tradition.
Feb 24, 2016 / Kim Phillips-Fein, Charles Postel, Robert Greene II, and Michael Kazin
The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face in 2016 The Economic Dilemma Democrats Face in 2016
The challenge for any Democratic candidate is to learn—and learn fast—that he or she must be the candidate of fundamental change, not the candidate of continuity.
Feb 23, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Study Suggests Even the Toughest Pesticide Regulations Aren’t Nearly Tough Enough A New Study Suggests Even the Toughest Pesticide Regulations Aren’t Nearly Tough Enough
As in most states, regulators in California measure the effect of only one pesticide at a time. But farmers often use several pesticides together—and that’s a big, toxic problem.
Feb 23, 2016 / Liza Gross
Congress Has Only Now Banned Slave Labor in US Imports Congress Has Only Now Banned Slave Labor in US Imports
Congress just passed legislation to close a loophole that’s allowed Americans to import slave-made goods for decades.
Feb 23, 2016 / Michelle Chen
President Donald J. Trump—It Could Happen President Donald J. Trump—It Could Happen
His promise to protect jobs and change trade policies could win over blue-collar workers, especially in the industrialized swing states.
Feb 23, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols
A Moral Movement to Hold All Candidates Accountable A Moral Movement to Hold All Candidates Accountable
Whether it’s Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, only a moral movement bound by fusion politics can hold the next president accountable to the people.
Feb 22, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Congrats on That New Citywide Minimum Wage. Now Republicans Are Going to Try to Kill It. Congrats on That New Citywide Minimum Wage. Now Republicans Are Going to Try to Kill It.
As cities throughout the country pass minimum-wage raises, GOP state legislators have a little plan to undo them.
Feb 22, 2016 / Spencer Woodman