How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.
May 19, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Bill de Blasio on the Crisis of Inequality and the Blind Spots of the Democratic Party Bill de Blasio on the Crisis of Inequality and the Blind Spots of the Democratic Party
An interview with the New York City mayor as he launches a new “Progressive Agenda to Combat Inequality.”
May 14, 2015 / Eric Alterman
Why Progressives Want to Rewrite the Rules—and the Story—of the US Economy Why Progressives Want to Rewrite the Rules—and the Story—of the US Economy
A conversation with the Roosevelt Institute’s Mike Konczal.
May 14, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Nimbler Than Nimbyism Nimbler Than Nimbyism
D.W. Gibson gets beyond the banter about gentrification.
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Abigail Savitch-Lew
Damage Damage
In our new Gilded Age, the worst are not only full of passionate conviction. They are also damnably clever.
May 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Black America’s Lost Generation Speaks Up Black America’s Lost Generation Speaks Up
The teens of the Baltimore riot have never known a reality without crisis. That comes with consequences.
May 5, 2015 / Kai Wright
How to Truly Eradicate Poverty How to Truly Eradicate Poverty
We need more than just a safety net. We need a blueprint to create good jobs for all.
May 1, 2015 / Dorian T. Warren
Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality
What looks like a night of “chaos” in Baltimore was just one freeze-frame in a long arc of urban crisis.
May 1, 2015 / Michelle Chen
A Bold New Campaign for Economic Justice A Bold New Campaign for Economic Justice
A coalition of national, state and local organizations in 41 states is uniting around an agenda to put families first.
Apr 30, 2015 / Deepak Bhargava
Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?
A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul