Economy

Rana Plaza protest

6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?

Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.

Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

The Class Politics of the Civil War

The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War

By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...

Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes

Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal

Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal

A blue-green coalition between organized labor and climate activists is no longer a pipe dream.

Jul 12, 2019 / Bob Massie

There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High

There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High

As industries get more concentrated, businesses have to do less to earn more.

Jul 12, 2019 / Mike Konczal

Migrants crossing through Agadez

What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger

Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.

Jul 5, 2019 / Rémi Carayol

Biden Has No Place to Go Except Down

Biden Has No Place to Go Except Down Biden Has No Place to Go Except Down

Robert Borosage on politics and Martin Duberman on the lost world of gay liberation.

Jul 4, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It

VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It

Jane McAlevey, The Nation’s strikes correspondent, explains how strikes will be vital in confronting runaway income inequality and the climate crisis.

Jul 3, 2019 / The Nation

Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes

Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes

Their hunger for Hollywood money is leading them to duck the important fight between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents.

Jul 3, 2019 / Keli Goff

Sanders

Sorry ‘Washington Post’—Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality Sorry ‘Washington Post’—Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality

The senator should not be taking heat for using “numbers that add up” to make a point about economic injustice.

Jul 2, 2019 / John Nichols

Jamaica Is Using Bob Marley’s Legacy to Market Austerity

Jamaica Is Using Bob Marley’s Legacy to Market Austerity Jamaica Is Using Bob Marley’s Legacy to Market Austerity

The reggae icon would be embarrassed by his country’s attempts to rebrand a disastrous ideology.

Jul 2, 2019 / Keston Perry

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