Bill de Blasio: New York’s ‘Tale of Two Cities’ Bill de Blasio: New York’s ‘Tale of Two Cities’
As part of The Nation's mayoral candidate series, de Blasio gives his views on how to tackle economic inequality.
May 9, 2013 / The Nation
New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago
Tired of their lives in other people’s hands, window makers started a co-op.
May 9, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Fast Food Workers Strike in St. Louis Fast Food Workers Strike in St. Louis
In the third walkout of its kind in five weeks, workers across the city are demanding a living wage of $15 per hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.
May 9, 2013 / Annie Shields
The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka
Someone somewhere must die for the pleasure someone somewhere else takes in a $4.95 bikini top.
May 8, 2013 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek
How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.
May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money
Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.
May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)
“Behind every fortune lies a crime,” said Balzac—allegedly true for the fortune inherited by Penny Pritzker. Though nowadays, as the finances of Obama's Comme...
May 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’ With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’
A senior member of Congress pushes retailers and brands to make “the moral choice” to address condition that produce predictable tragedy.
May 6, 2013 / John Nichols
Inspired by Freedom Riders, Workers Plan Caravans to Walmart Convention Inspired by Freedom Riders, Workers Plan Caravans to Walmart Convention
Workers will travel from around the country to meet supporters and then converge on the retail giant in Bentonville.
May 5, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Austerity Is ‘Suffocating the Economy’ Austerity Is ‘Suffocating the Economy’
The latest jobs numbers are weak. Why? We're dying by slow sequester cuts.
May 3, 2013 / John Nichols