Economy

Trucks hauling containers

Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy? Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?

Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.

Dec 1, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership

Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership Women Are Changing the Look of Leadership

Our visual understanding of power has always been male-coded.

Nov 30, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

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The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call

It’s outrageous that a billion-dollar industry exists based on skimming profits from some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Nov 30, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Deleting Critical American History

Deleting Critical American History Deleting Critical American History

The whitewashing of our past.

Nov 30, 2021 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados

At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark

The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

Nov 29, 2021 / Tina Gerhardt for The Nation

Paperwork Keeps People Poor

Paperwork Keeps People Poor Paperwork Keeps People Poor

It would be a huge mistake for Democrats to embrace harsh work requirements once again.

Nov 29, 2021 / Bryce Covert

No Accounts

No Accounts No Accounts

The new colossus. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 22.

Nov 26, 2021 / Steve Brodner

COP OUT 26

COP OUT 26 COP OUT 26

Fossil fools.

Nov 26, 2021 / OppArt / Emma Cook, Rob Rogers, and Matt Wuerker

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus could be in line to step into the Democratic leader’s shoes.

Nov 26, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Violence against women is prevalent in public and private spaces around the world.

Nov 25, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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