Economy

Protester holding a sign that reads

A Strategic Blueprint to Give Student Debt Relief a Fighting Chance A Strategic Blueprint to Give Student Debt Relief a Fighting Chance

The administration needs to go bold and swift to bring broad relief.

Jul 11, 2023 / Astra Taylor

Japanese woman standing at a crosswalk

Gender Inequality Is Driving a Mental Health Crisis in Japan Gender Inequality Is Driving a Mental Health Crisis in Japan

For many Japanese women, social isolation stems from deep economic problems and social inequalities that the Ministry of Loneliness will never address.

Jul 10, 2023 / Karina Piser

Jana Elementary School

How WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Fueled a New Crisis at a Missouri Elementary School How WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Fueled a New Crisis at a Missouri Elementary School

Conflicting reports of contamination have worried residents of Florissant, a community that continues to suffer from the legacy of the Manhattan Project.

Jul 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Walter Thomas-Patterson

Patient holding the hand of hospice nurse

The Private Equity Takeover of Hospice Care The Private Equity Takeover of Hospice Care

Half of all Americans now die in hospice care.

Jul 7, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

I Want My Own Judge

I Want My Own Judge I Want My Own Judge

OK?

Jul 6, 2023 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

UPS workers and Teamsters members during a rally outside a UPS hub in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Friday, April 21, 2023.

Summer of Strikes—Plus, After Affirmative Action Summer of Strikes—Plus, After Affirmative Action

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Jane McAlevey talks about unions, and John Nichols comments on the politics of education.

Jul 6, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Writers’ Strike

Writers’ Strike Writers’ Strike

Sermon on the mount.

Jul 4, 2023 / OppArt / Paul Karasik

Kalpana Solankar, 46, a farm worker from Arjunwad village, carries a heavy load of fodder on her head.

In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm In India, It’s Getting Too Hot to Farm

Heat waves are pushing agricultural workers across a wide swath of India to the edge of survival.

Jul 4, 2023 / Sanket Jain

Scene from History of the World Part I

Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution

In John Roberts’s America, it’s good to be the king.

Jul 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Fourth of July

America’s Youth Have a Problem America’s Youth Have a Problem

According to over a dozen student journalists, these are some of the most important issues facing the US, including climate change, health care, child labor, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Jul 3, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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