Lizzy Ratner

Lizzy Ratner is a journalist who lives in New York.

Currently

  • Generation Recession

    November 4, 2009

    Young people have lost 2.5 million jobs to the crisis, making them the hardest-hit age group.

  • The New Domestic Order

    September 9, 2009

    Passage of a "Bill of Rights" in New York would be a promising win for a growing movement.

  • Hope for the Homeless?

    January 22, 2009

    With homeless rates at record highs, America needs a bold new housing policy.

2008

  • New Orleans Redraws Its Color Line

    August 27, 2008

    After Katrina, white parishes are zoning minorities right out of the reconstruction.

  • Domestic Workers Unite

    June 13, 2008

    Domestic workers in America are among the most economically exploited and vulnerable to abuse by their employers.

  • Homeless in New Orleans

    February 7, 2008 Subscribe

    The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has turned New Orleans into a tragic Tale of Two Cities.

2007

  • The Doctor Stories

    May 24, 2007 Subscribe

    Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.

2005

2003

  • The Legacy of Guantánamo

    July 14, 2003

    The hard lessons of Guantánamo have yet to be learned, while many of the old mistakes are being repeated.

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Blogs

» The Beat

Facing Bipartisan Criticism, RNC's Steele Asks If Race Is Factor | "Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?” he wonders. Maybe he could compare notes with Obama.
John Nichols
Posted 56 minutes ago

» Editor's Cut

New Web Column at The Washington Post | Every Tuesday, I'll be featuring progressive thinking about politics and challenging the Right in my new web column for The Washington Post. Read my first one here.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
24 Comments
Posted at 4:52 PM ET

» The Notion

When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown | Anger is growing in Vancouver in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Like Olympic clockwork, here comes the media crackdown.
Dave Zirin
36 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

The Mind-Boggling Stupidity of Michael Rubin | How an AEI apparatchik's love affair for Ahmed Chalabi blinds him to Chalabi's pro-Iran treachery.
Robert Dreyfuss
25 Comments

» Act Now!

Demand Question Time | Join the call for the President and Congress to implement regular Question Time sessions.
Peter Rothberg
55 Comments

» And Another Thing

How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday | Give to help low income girls and women.
Katha Pollitt
54 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | James O'Keefe and Alter-reviews.
Eric Alterman