Economy

A young student sits in front of a laptop, attending an online class.

Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data

Many universities have yet to reckon with the data justice implications of learning technologies—now, with online learning the norm, these practices deserve more scrutiny.

Apr 22, 2021 / StudentNation / Britt Paris, Rebecca Reynolds, and Catherine McGowan

Fashion waste climate change

Greenwashing Fashion Greenwashing Fashion

These days, sustainability is on trend. But the trend cycle of fast fashion isn’t sustainable.

Apr 22, 2021 / Julian Epp

Migrants at the US-Mexico border

Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum

As climate change accelerates, it will become increasingly untenable to reduce US immigration and asylum policy to a question of border security.

Apr 21, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter

Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?

Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real? Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?

During the Covid pandemic, American workers had access to guaranteed paid leave for the first time in history. Advocates say now is the time for paid leave for all.

Apr 20, 2021 / Bryce Covert

Coinbase

Happy Doge Day! But Hold on to Your (Digital) Wallet. Happy Doge Day! But Hold on to Your (Digital) Wallet.

The Coinbase flotation last week shows that cryptocurrency is here to stay—and that things will only get weirder from here.

Apr 20, 2021 / Ryan Broderick

Oil Rig

Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?

A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.

Apr 20, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Got Vaccinated?

Got Vaccinated? Got Vaccinated?

Passport to greater freedom… carefully.

Apr 20, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Ron Hauge

Adam Toledo protest

Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Failed Chicago

The quest for justice for Adam Toledo requires that Lightfoot resign.

Apr 19, 2021 / Jasson Perez

Representative Mark Pocan

Representative Mark Pocan on Amazon and ‘the Arrogance of Corporations That Get Too Big’ Representative Mark Pocan on Amazon and ‘the Arrogance of Corporations That Get Too Big’

The Wisconsin representative whom Amazon attacked talks about the company’s self-serving apology, the Bessemer union vote, and the PRO Act.

Apr 19, 2021 / Q&A / John Nichols

California skaters

The Ruins of Bunker Hill The Ruins of Bunker Hill

A visit to Downtown Los Angeles makes plain how cities will be irrevocably changed by the pandemic.

Apr 16, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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