
The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters
It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.
Feb 6, 2014 / Pratap Chatterjee

Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco? Would You Want Your 12-Year-Old Child Picking Tobacco?
Fusion and the Nation I-Fund report on the thousands of child farmworkers laboring in American tobacco fields.
Feb 5, 2014 / Press Room

Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion in Food Stamps, Preserves Handouts to Koch Industries Farm Bill Cuts $8 Billion in Food Stamps, Preserves Handouts to Koch Industries
The new Farm Bill cuts programs to needy families while handing over big giveaways to Koch Industries.
Feb 5, 2014 / Lee Fang

Want to See Pay Discrimination Against Women? Look at the Top. Want to See Pay Discrimination Against Women? Look at the Top.
Female CEOs are consistently paid less than male ones. What have they done to deserve less pay?
Feb 5, 2014 / Bryce Covert

How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine How Crowdworkers Became the Ghosts in the Digital Machine
Since 2005, Amazon has helped create one of the most exploited workforces no one has ever seen.
Feb 5, 2014 / Feature / Moshe Z. Marvit

Addressing Class at Yale Addressing Class at Yale
A new Tumblr at Yale opens up a conversation about class, but what will it take to turn discussion into action?
Feb 4, 2014 / StudentNation / Diana Rosen and StudentNation

Why Is the Port Authority Raising Wages for Only Some Airport Workers? Why Is the Port Authority Raising Wages for Only Some Airport Workers?
Thanks to a muddled response from the bi-state agency, subcontracted workers at LaGuardia and JFK airports will receive raises, but those at Newark will not.
Feb 4, 2014 / Allegra Kirkland

Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded Tom Perkins and the Guilt of the Gilded
Perkins’s ignorant comments reflect a spreading disquiet among the super-rich that populist attitudes may be getting out of control.
Feb 4, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Inequality Is a Crisis in New York, and de Blasio Needs to Treat It Like One Inequality Is a Crisis in New York, and de Blasio Needs to Treat It Like One
The new mayor has a real emergency on his hands.
Feb 4, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy

Harry Reid Knows Opposing Fast Track Is Smart Policy and Smart Politics Harry Reid Knows Opposing Fast Track Is Smart Policy and Smart Politics
Opposition to free-trade policies is coming not just from factory towns but from rural regions that could decide some key Senate races in 2014.
Feb 4, 2014 / John Nichols