Economy

Mario Savio, a leader of the University of California Free Speech Movement, center, with Jack Weinberg and Susan Goldberg and other arrested demonstrators during their trial, Berkeley, California, 1965.

America Needs a New Free Speech Movement America Needs a New Free Speech Movement

Donald Trump is showing us what an unaccountable class of corporate decision-makers looks like—and it looks like a lot of fear, and a terrible loss of freedom.

Mar 19, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

When They Came for Columbia University

When They Came for Columbia University When They Came for Columbia University

The university has become the Trump administration’s test case for the largest assault on higher education since the McCarthy era. Sadly, it has notably failed to defend itself.

Mar 19, 2025 / Column / David Klion

Union workers hold signs during a strike outside a King Soopers grocery store location in Westminster, Colorado, on January 12, 2022.

Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers. Want a Better Grocery Store? Support Union Workers.

Workers are on the front lines of an increasingly bleak shopping experience, and they bear the costs of understaffing, underinvestment in facilities, and feeble safety measures.

Mar 19, 2025 / Ella Fanger

Sherrod Brown: Three decades of talking about the dignity of work wasn’t enough to save him.

How the American Left Became Conservative How the American Left Became Conservative

Against the radical, if reactionary, experiment run from the White House, everyone from Democratic leaders in Congress to MSNBC hosts have turned to the defense of institutions.

Mar 18, 2025 / Michael Kazin

Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends

Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends Chuck Schumer Should Resign to Spend More Time With His Imaginary Friends

The bad news is that the Democratic Senate leader isn’t up for reelection until 2028. The good news is that he can resign right now, and should do so—twice.

Mar 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Chuck Screwme

Chuck Screwme Chuck Screwme

The Marvelous Mr. Measles.

Mar 14, 2025 / Steve Brodner

President-elect Donald Trump rings the opening bell on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 12, 2024, in New York City.

Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out

Everyone knows Trump is messing up, but fear and greed prevent resistance.

Mar 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

South African farmer Tewie Wessels addresses a group of white South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk during a demonstration in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025.

Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa

The country’s Constitution gives its citizens more than a right to the pursuit of happiness. But attempts to redeem that commitment to justice have enraged American reactionaries....

Mar 14, 2025 / Susan Neiman

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander protests the Trump administration's decision to freeze of public funding for science research on February 19, 2025.

NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Lays Out His Plan to Uplift the City’s Workers NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Lays Out His Plan to Uplift the City’s Workers

The New York City comptroller is releasing a workers’ rights platform, which he shared exclusively with “The Nation.”

Mar 13, 2025 / Bryce Covert

How New York Can Help End the Global Debt Crisis

How New York Can Help End the Global Debt Crisis How New York Can Help End the Global Debt Crisis

Economists Martín Guzmán and Joseph Stiglitz explain how state-level changes can assist the 3.3 billion people living in countries that spend more on debt service than healthcare....

Mar 13, 2025 / Ed Morales

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