Ron Unz: Why I Dropped My Ballot Initiative to Raise California’s Minimum Wage Ron Unz: Why I Dropped My Ballot Initiative to Raise California’s Minimum Wage
The conservative businessman and activist talks to The Nation about his unlikely support for raising the minimum wage, his views on immigration and more.
Mar 18, 2014 / Sasha Abramsky
Tony Benn and the Five Essential Questions of Democracy Tony Benn and the Five Essential Questions of Democracy
The British parliamentarian, who has died at age 88, was one of history’s great champions of giving power to the people.
Mar 14, 2014 / John Nichols
Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts
“Our Postal Service is in need of true reform, not ill-advised, counterproductive attempts to slash service.”
Mar 13, 2014 / John Nichols
Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed
Nation author Moshe Z. Marvit has been awarded this month’s Sidney Award for casting “a light on a previously obscure, but profoundly exploited class of workers.”...
Mar 12, 2014 / Press Room
Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals
Included among the hundreds of chemicals used in electronics manufacturing in China are known carcinogens and reproductive toxins.
Mar 12, 2014 / NationAction
Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain
The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?
Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel
The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight
By pouring money into politics, pesticide companies have beat back attempts to protect the public.
UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights
Students at the University of North Carolina want to ensure workers who make UNC apparel operate under safe conditions.
Mar 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Alexandra Willcox and StudentNation
How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform
Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.
Mar 10, 2014 / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why Americans Should Take August Off Why Americans Should Take August Off
Cadillac thinks we get more glory—and stuff—by working so hard. Research says the opposite.
Mar 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert