Economy

GOP debate November 10

A Billionaire, Some Millionaires, and a No-Show Senator Debate How Best to Block Wage Hikes A Billionaire, Some Millionaires, and a No-Show Senator Debate How Best to Block Wage Hikes

Fast-food workers were on the streets asking for wage hikes and union rights, but the candidates spoke to the billionaire class.

Nov 11, 2015 / John Nichols

New York’s Attorney General Just Won a Settlement With a Coal Giant for Climate Deception. Is Exxon Next?

New York’s Attorney General Just Won a Settlement With a Coal Giant for Climate Deception. Is Exxon Next? New York’s Attorney General Just Won a Settlement With a Coal Giant for Climate Deception. Is Exxon Next?

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued a subpoena for nearly four decades’ worth of documents from ExxonMobil.

Nov 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

China drought

Splinterlands: The View From 2050 Splinterlands: The View From 2050

A dystopian fictional tour of the world that awaits us.

Nov 10, 2015 / John Feffer

Democracy Beats Oligarchy

Democracy Beats Oligarchy Democracy Beats Oligarchy

Last week’s local victories send a powerful signal that our democracy is not for sale.

Nov 10, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time

Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time

For the artists in the activist group Gulf Labor, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi epitomizes the conquest of art by corporate interests.

Nov 9, 2015 / Ursula Lindsey

Childcare workers rally with Fight for 15 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Childcare Workers Make 40% Less Than the Nationwide Median Wage Childcare Workers Make 40% Less Than the Nationwide Median Wage

Earning hourly wages of about $10.30, many childcare workers can't afford the service they provide—and now they're joining the movement for a living wage.

Nov 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen

The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions

The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions

Manju Das thought her future was secured when she went to work as the housekeeper for a wealthy corporate executive. Little did she realize how she was being used.

Nov 9, 2015 / Feature / Nilita Vachani

President Obama Says No to Keystone XL

President Obama Says No to Keystone XL President Obama Says No to Keystone XL

The decision is a major victory for the climate movement, which transformed the dirty-energy project from an inevitability into a powerful organizing tool.

Nov 6, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too

Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too Now White People Are Dying From Our Terrible Economic Policies, Too

As the “middle class” hollows out, whites who started life under relatively promising circumstances are finally seeing the floor fall out under them.

Nov 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen

LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum

LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum

Tune in this Sunday and Monday for a live conversation featuring Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.

Nov 5, 2015 / The Nation

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