Puerto Rico’s Sex Workers Are Struggling to Survive Puerto Rico’s Sex Workers Are Struggling to Survive
The challenge of making ends meet was difficult before Covid-19. Now it’s even worse.
May 18, 2020 / Photo Essay / Gabriella N. Báez, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants
The city’s emergency measures will only delay a huge wave of evictions until later this year.
May 14, 2020 / Jacob Woocher
Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Ai-jen Poo Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Ai-jen Poo
Join the labor activist in discussion with Nation editorial director/publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel for our weekly virtual series.
May 14, 2020 / The Nation
There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out
A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.
May 14, 2020 / Daniel Fernandez
We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It. We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It.
Amid a pandemic, FEMA and HUD must be ready to provide renters with safe homes.
May 13, 2020 / Vanessa A. Bee
Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive
Direct action and inclusivity are driving the new Asian American movement.
May 11, 2020 / Promise Li and Esther K
One Hospital System’s Response to Covid-19? Union-Busting. One Hospital System’s Response to Covid-19? Union-Busting.
Administrators across the country are increasingly turning to anti-labor consultants to fend off nurses’ unions.
May 11, 2020 / P.E. Moskowitz
Will the Pandemic Lead to Better Treatment for Drug Users? Will the Pandemic Lead to Better Treatment for Drug Users?
Harm-reduction advocates hope new emergency rules for medication-assisted treatment will foster broader reforms after the Covid-19 crisis.
May 6, 2020 / Michelle Chen
The Pandemic Has Made the Poor People’s Campaign Virtual—and Vital The Pandemic Has Made the Poor People’s Campaign Virtual—and Vital
A powerful movement—and a moral leader whose time has come—will mobilize millions to demand change.
May 5, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic
“May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.”
May 3, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II