Breaking a Promise, Tom Perez Puts His Thumb on the Scale for Andrew Cuomo
By abandoning a commitment to strict neutrality and endorsing in a key race, the DNC chair undermines confidence in the Democratic Party.
John NicholsLabor
Stealing From Workers Is a Crime. Why Don’t More Prosecutors See It That Way?
It’s time for prosecutors to shift their focus to protecting the millions of workers who are victimized by their bosses each year.
Terri GersteinGovernment
What if School Lunch Programs Promoted Public Health, Good Jobs, and the Environment?
From LA to Cook County, local governments are using their purchasing power to transform the food system.
Anna Lappé and Jose OlivaSociety
For Women of Color, the Child-Welfare System Functions Like the Criminal-Justice System
Mothers of color are scrutinized by authority figures—and then punished.
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The Many Philip Roths
The novelist’s wide-ranging work spanned from irreverent short stories to self-lacerating picaresque to experimental fiction, but at its center there was still a moral core.
David Marcus
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The Presence and Absence of Basquiat
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Will Ireland Vote to End Its Constitutional Ban on Almost All Abortion?
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Can Yanis Varoufakis Save Europe?
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Historic Korean Summit Sets the Table for Peace—and US Pundits React With Horror
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Books & the Arts
Moby’s Relentless Pursuit of Authenticity
By Bijan Stephen
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Special Issue: Give Us Shelter
Meet the Rising New Housing Movement That Wants to Create Homes for All
From rent regulation to social housing, activists are pushing for serious solutions to the affordable-housing crisis.
Jimmy TobiasThe Deep, Uniquely American Roots of Our Affordable-Housing Crisis
Nearly half of all renters can’t afford rent, and over half a million Americans are homeless on any given night. How did we get here?
Bryce Covert151 Years of America’s Housing History
From the first tenement regulation to work requirements for public-housing residents, these are key moments in housing policy.
The NationPolitics
Congress Must Overrule the Supreme Court’s Dramatic Assault on Worker Rights
A ruling in favor of mandatory-arbitration agreements undermines efforts to address wage theft and raises new concerns about discrimination.
John Nichols
It’s Time for Progressive Politicians to Catch Up to the Rising Affordable-Housing Movement
The base is getting busy, but elected officials have been slow to catch on.
The Nation
Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts
McCarthyism and firsthand recollections of Soviet surveillance practices.
Stephen F. CohenNation Voices
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The Child Labor in Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Fields
A global demand for tobacco is fueling this scourge.
Michelle Chen
The Palestinian Nakba Wasn’t Just a Historical Event. It Has Continued Unabated for 70 Years.
Israel continues to steal Palestinian land, revoke residency rights, and destroy Palestinian homes so that Jewish Israelis can live in their place.
Mohamed Buttu
With Trump’s Cancellation of the Summit With Kim, Korea Is Back in Crisis Mode
John Bolton’s intervention, with an assist from Mike Pence, was disastrous—but it’s not too late to get the talks back on track.
Tim Shorrock
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It’s Time to Crack Down on the Toys ‘R’ Us Vulture Capitalists
Wall Street fund barons profit as tens of thousands lose their livelihoods.
Winnie Wong and Michael KinkWatch and Listen
Listen: Black Women Athletes Under Jim Crow
Historian Amira Rose Davis joins the show to talk about black women athletes in the age of Jim Crow, before Title IX.
May 16, 2018
View: PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence
“That could be me, my friends, my family.”
April 26, 2018
View: ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’
Aura Hernández fled to the US seeking safety. Instead, she encountered threats, harassment, and assault.
April 2, 2018
Culture
The Standard of Pure Abstraction
The painters Joe Overstreet and James Little subvert the demands of representation.
Barry Schwabsky
Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor
Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.
Elias Rodriques
Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo
A certain critical consternation awaited the current productions of My Fair Lady and Carousel—and with good reason.
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