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
The Violence of the Broken Economy The Violence of the Broken Economy
A lot of people have talked this week about violent political rhetoric bringing the US to a fever pitch, but there's something else keeping people on edge: that's economic catastro...
Jan 12, 2011 / Laura Flanders