In Memoriam: Mike Oliver In Memoriam: Mike Oliver
The British sociologist revolutionized the field of disability studies.
Mar 8, 2019 / Ravi Malhotra
Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
Next up? All the other major banks financing private detention centers.
Mar 8, 2019 / Javier H. Valdés and Ana María Archila
The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda
Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.
Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols
Does the NBA Have a Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands? Does the NBA Have a Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands?
Depression and anxiety among players is not something to scoff at or shame. It’s an objective fact, and a real product of their jobs.
Mar 7, 2019 / Dave Zirin
How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job? How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?
Arkansas is the first state in the nation to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. The results have been disastrous.
Mar 7, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Letters From the March 25, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 25, 2019, Issue
The Dangers of Amnesia In his cover story “Who Is Matt Duss and Can He Take On ‘The Blob’?” [Feb. 25/March 4], David Klion misleadingly describes Barack Obama’s adviser Ben Rhodes…
Mar 7, 2019 / Our Readers
The Unmaking of American Work The Unmaking of American Work
More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris
A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’ A CFPB Official Who Quit in Protest Will Testify About the Bureau’s ‘Incompetence’
Seth Frotman has tough words for CFPB’s political leadership, and big ideas on how to solve the student-debt crisis.
Mar 7, 2019 / George Zornick
Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun
Plus Maia Szalavitz on the opioid epidemic and Sean Wilentz on impeachment.
Mar 7, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Department of Justice Is Turning Back the Clock on Corporate Accountability The Department of Justice Is Turning Back the Clock on Corporate Accountability
Under Trump, fines on big banks have dropped precipitously and efforts to pursue bad-acting executives have been undermined.
Mar 6, 2019 / Dylan Tokar