Economy

How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System

How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System How Covid Revealed the Folly of Our Child Protection System

Despite predictions of an epidemic of child abuse, the temporary shutdown of the child welfare system showed us the promise of a radically different approach.

Apr 29, 2022 / Dorothy Roberts

Indiana University Graduate Workers

Graduate Workers at Indiana University Are on Strike and Fighting for Recognition Graduate Workers at Indiana University Are on Strike and Fighting for Recognition

The IU administration believes our work is marginal to the functioning of the university. Only a union can push back.

Apr 29, 2022 / StudentNation / Christopher Agostino

Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers

Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers

Wherever you want to lay the blame, the solution isn’t hard to find—it’s just expensive.

Apr 29, 2022 / Frida Berrigan

Bernie Sanders points up in the air.

End All Federal Contracting With Amazon Until It Stops Union-Busting End All Federal Contracting With Amazon Until It Stops Union-Busting

Bernie Sanders wants Biden to bar corporations that attack unions from getting government contracts.

Apr 28, 2022 / John Nichols

A man holds a microphone surrounded by a crowd.

Now Amazon Is Being Challenged in the Boardroom as Well Now Amazon Is Being Challenged in the Boardroom as Well

A campaign by New York and Illinois pension fund leaders, led by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, aims to pressure the company on its shocking record on workplace safety and ...

Apr 26, 2022 / Nathan Newman

Student Debt

Americans Can’t Afford More Student Loan Payments Americans Can’t Afford More Student Loan Payments

Though Biden has extended the payment pause through August, over 5 million people will face serious financial risk once it expires.

Apr 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Alí R. Bustamante

zambia drought

The Global South Is Calling for Climate Reparations The Global South Is Calling for Climate Reparations

Wealthy nations have largely driven global warming, but it is felt most in countries that have contributed the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Apr 22, 2022 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò and Patrick Bigger

Covid Is Still Disproportionately Killing Low-Income People

Covid Is Still Disproportionately Killing Low-Income People Covid Is Still Disproportionately Killing Low-Income People

Though a virus may not be able to discriminate, our society has in fact discriminated in the most virulent ways.

Apr 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

We’re in the Midst of a White-Collar Crime Wave

We’re in the Midst of a White-Collar Crime Wave We’re in the Midst of a White-Collar Crime Wave

Financial malfeasance has never been more rampant, or more under-punished.

Apr 21, 2022 / Malcolm Harris

The Damning Legacy of Clintonism

The Damning Legacy of Clintonism The Damning Legacy of Clintonism

A conversation with Lily Geismer about her new book Left Behind, the misguided market guided policy of the New Democrats, and the failures of Bill Clinton. 

Apr 20, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Leifer

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