Nation Topics - Labor | The Nation

The depressing defeat of the recall suggests that “money power” cannot be easily thwarted, even by determined “people power.”

Just thank a union.

Are we prepared to care for the aging baby boomer population?

How did we became a nation that fails to help its most needy citizens, and what can be done?

Tip-stealing bosses are rarely called to account for their abuses. It's time to blow the whistle.

The digital libertarian famed for technical innovation faced for the first time a protest movement not afraid to take their fight to the streets.

President Obama is to be applauded for questioning Mitt Romney’s legacy, although his motives seem to be as opportunistic as those of Romney’s primary race opponents.

The swelling ranks of precarious workers—freelancers, independent contractors, interns—can learn much from domestic workers' efforts to gain legal rights.

Few new mothers get paid maternity leave. Those who take unpaid leave often go deep into debt to make ends meet.