One Mancession Later, Are Women Really Victors in the New Economy? One Mancession Later, Are Women Really Victors in the New Economy?
Women dominate growing sectors like retail and home healthcare—but the jobs there are grueling and the wages are low.
Feb 27, 2012 / Bryce Covert
This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest
Congress extended unemployment benefits, but it’s no good for those who’ve been jobless the longest.
Feb 24, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage
As a last resort to end a fourteen-year campaign for a living wage, fifteen students are now on day six of a hunger strike.
Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule A Politics That Says: The People Shall Rule
Mark Miller, who led Wisconsin Democratic senators in the historic walkout in solidarity with Wisconsin's protest movement, wants to renew the progressive promise of movement ...
Feb 17, 2012 / John Nichols
This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget
If Obama wants his actions to match his rhetoric about helping the poor, he needs to show a lot more leadership.
Feb 17, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Apple’s China Comes Home to Haunt Us Apple’s China Comes Home to Haunt Us
It seems China’s labor practices are now to be admired rather than scorned, lest the American economy decline further in the new world order.
Feb 16, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Obama in Wisconsin: The Soft Economics of Low Expectations Obama in Wisconsin: The Soft Economics of Low Expectations
The president returned to the battleground state of Wisconsin and gave a well-received speech. But he avoided hot-button labor issues and the trade and industrial policies tha...
Feb 16, 2012 / John Nichols
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Uprising, One Year Later Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Uprising, One Year Later
When Governor Walker announced his proposal to strip public employees of most collective bargaining rights on February 11, 2011—little over a month after taking office—…
Feb 14, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Tip Your Servers This Valentine’s Day Tip Your Servers This Valentine’s Day
In the restaurant industry, the wage gap between men and women is a matter of policy. Millions of the restaurant workers who serve our food cannot afford to eat.
Feb 14, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Twenty-Five Faces of an American Uprising Twenty-Five Faces of an American Uprising
Wisconsin groups and activists have for a full year maintained an epic mass mobilzation on behalf of labor rights.
Feb 14, 2012 / John Nichols