Economy

I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register

I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register

Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.

Oct 25, 2021 / Podcast / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Savage Inequalities

Savage Inequalities Savage Inequalities

Manchinian candidates. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 18.

Oct 22, 2021 / Steve Brodner

The Joe Manchin-e

The Joe Manchin-e The Joe Manchin-e

Fossil fuels drive the senator’s positions and line his pockets.

Oct 22, 2021 / OppArt / Ryan Inzana

barbara lee budget

Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster? Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster?

And will we believe her this time?

Oct 22, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon

Farmworkers in California

Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home

No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.

Oct 22, 2021 / David Michaels and Robert Bullard

Misinformation

Misinformation Misinformation

Fifth column.

Oct 21, 2021 / OppArt / Bill Bramhall

Good Neighbors, NO Fences

Good Neighbors, NO Fences Good Neighbors, NO Fences

Joy and connection as empowerment.

Oct 20, 2021 / OppArt / J. Maya Luz

UAW John Deere Strike

On the John Deere Picket Line in Iowa With UAW Local 281 On the John Deere Picket Line in Iowa With UAW Local 281

With $1.6 billion in profits just in the third quarter of this year, the company has ample time and money to squeeze striking workers—unless national unions step up their support.

Oct 20, 2021 / Column / Dave Leshtz

Joe Manchin committee hearing

Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy. Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy.

The senator is forcing a choice among four crucial pillars of a holistic solution to help struggling families.

Oct 19, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Democracy at a Tipping Point

Democracy at a Tipping Point Democracy at a Tipping Point

Republicans are engineering an election coup.

Oct 19, 2021 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

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