Losing Ignition Losing Ignition
Nation Writing Contest Winner: Students and workers pay the price in the decline of Detroit's automobile industry.
Sep 20, 2010 / Amanda Lewan
Books, Brilliance, or Burgers Books, Brilliance, or Burgers
Finding out that higher education and burger production have a disturbing amount in common.
Sep 20, 2010 / Deric Mendes
The Poverty Nation Washington Built The Poverty Nation Washington Built
The massive job losses between 2008 and 2009 were surely the biggest factor in the record poverty numbers the Census just reported. But those harrowing months were neither the be...
Sep 17, 2010 / Kai Wright
Conversation: Kai Wright & Tony Romano on Public Housing Access Conversation: Kai Wright & Tony Romano on Public Housing Access
Thirty thousand people showed up outside of Atlanta in search of Section 8 housing vouchers last week; 62 vouchers were available. It's a powerful reminder that the recession is ...
Aug 19, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Food Stamps or Teachers? Food Stamps or Teachers?
The fight over Congress's jobs bill has made the GOP's midterm election strategy clear: stubbornly oppose anything and everything that might improve the economy and hope voters b...
Aug 4, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Economic Recovery Starts With Good Jobs Economic Recovery Starts With Good Jobs
Creating jobs that pay poverty-like wages might feel like a quick fix, but if it doesn’t get working families back on their feet, it won’t do much for our economy.
May 11, 2010 / Mike Fishman and Paul Sonn
Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn
You know how you can tell the Age of Reagan has ended? Because at his State of the Union address, Barack Obama didn't do any of those ordinary-folks-who-make-a-difference shout-out...
Jan 29, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History
Howard Zinn, who died in 2010 at the age of 87, did nothing less than rewrite the narrative of the United States.
Jan 28, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom
How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?
Jan 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Engler
Diapers 101 Diapers 101
Did you know that diapers are not covered by public assistance programs like WIC or food stamps? And did you know that diaper companies do not make significant donations to shelter...
Jan 8, 2010 / Peter Rothberg