Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair? Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair?
The traditional labor movement is hitting roadblocks trying to organize farmworkers. But campaigns that push the bounds of union organizing are finding success, on and off the farm...
Sep 20, 2011 / Michelle Chen
Turning Poverty Into an American Crime Turning Poverty Into an American Crime
Ten years after the original publication of the now-classic Nicked and Dimed, things have gotten much worse for those in the bottom third of our country's income dis...
Aug 9, 2011 / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste) The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste)
South Florida is a terrible place to grow tomatoes—or to work in the tomato fields.
Jul 27, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Nation Conversations: Emily Douglas and Bryce Covert on the Childcare Dilemma Nation Conversations: Emily Douglas and Bryce Covert on the Childcare Dilemma
Domestic workers need rights—but can the families that employ them afford what they’ll cost?
Jul 1, 2011 / The Nation
29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes 29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes
A report released last month found that Massey Energy was largely responsible for the mine explosion that killed 29 people. But little justice has been rendered.
Jun 26, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Dan Coughlin on WikiLeaks Haiti Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Dan Coughlin on WikiLeaks Haiti
The explosive diplomatic cables prove what many Haitians already knew about US and UN meddling in the country.
Jun 24, 2011 / The Nation
Supreme Court Decides That Walmart’s a ‘Too-Big-for-Justice’ Corporation Supreme Court Decides That Walmart’s a ‘Too-Big-for-Justice’ Corporation
The Court says that the nation's largest private employer can't be taken to task for discriminating against women because that discrimination appears to have taken place on a massi...
Jun 20, 2011 / John Nichols
NFL Lockout! NFL Lockout!
Here is the naked truth: we face the prospect of no pro football in 2011 because the union made a three-word demand that would not have cost owners a dime—open your books.
Mar 24, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Remembering the Triangle Fire Remembering the Triangle Fire
After 100 years, the tragedy still inspires outrage and grief. Why does it have a hold on us?
Mar 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Freeman
Outsourcing Potential, Forgetting Workers Outsourcing Potential, Forgetting Workers
Can a country continue to innovative if it’s not making the stuff it innovates?
Feb 14, 2011 / Laura Flanders