The Next ‘Cliff’ Threatens the Long-Term Jobless The Next ‘Cliff’ Threatens the Long-Term Jobless
Time for Congress to start planning ahead.
Nov 7, 2013 / George Zornick
Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery Labor Rights for All: The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery
The domestic workers’ rights movement offers powerful lessons for the broader fight against forced labor, trafficking and servitude.
Nov 7, 2013 / Nisha Varia and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Scott Walker Effect: Helping Democrats Win and Republicans Lose The Scott Walker Effect: Helping Democrats Win and Republicans Lose
The Wisconsin governor wants to be the GOP presidential nominee. But he had a lousy 2013 Election Day.
Nov 7, 2013 / John Nichols
The GOP’s Poverty Denialism The GOP’s Poverty Denialism
According to many conservatives, the poor have it easy.
Nov 6, 2013 / Michelle Goldberg
Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life
People like Luis Rivera are being locked out of the formal workforce forever thanks to one youthful mistake.
Nov 6, 2013 / Feature / Kai Wright
Awkward Truth From a Guilty Rich Guy Awkward Truth From a Guilty Rich Guy
Two cheers for Bill Gross, the co-founder and managing director of PIMCO, the California-based bond house that manages some $2 trillion in other people’s wealth.
Nov 4, 2013 / William Greider
This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years
The Half in Ten campaign lays out a path to dramatically reduce poverty—but it will require a real, sustained and disruptive fight to acheive it.
Nov 4, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign
A socialist candidate wins significant support for a “Fund Human Needs, Fight Corporate Greed” message.
Nov 3, 2013 / John Nichols
We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps
The richest 400 Americans are worth just over $2 trillion dollars, and yet we're still cutting food stamps.
Nov 1, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’ Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’
An index of obsessions, observations, analysis—clip and save!
Nov 1, 2013 / Rick Perlstein