Do You Think Products Made in China Should Be Called ‘US Exports’? Do You Think Products Made in China Should Be Called ‘US Exports’?
If not, we must stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership before it does more damage to our country.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / William Greider
Standardized Tests Are Weakening Our Democracy Standardized Tests Are Weakening Our Democracy
In The Tyranny of the Meritocracy, Lani Guinier argues that the SATs have become “accurate reflectors of wealth and little else.”
Jan 6, 2015 / Richard D. Kahlenberg
Is Crowdsourcing Bad for Workers? Is Crowdsourcing Bad for Workers?
“Cloud labor” sites like Crowdflower may be the face of the future—but their wages are stuck in a sweatshop past.
Jan 5, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Why This Socialist Feminist Is For Hillary Why This Socialist Feminist Is For Hillary
The stalled revolution for gender equity won’t be won simply by installing a woman in the White House—but it can’t hurt.
Jan 5, 2015 / Feature / Suzanna Danuta Walters
Will Snap Elections Bring Greece’s Syriza to Power? Will Snap Elections Bring Greece’s Syriza to Power?
And if so, does the left party inherit a poisoned chalice? Or can it make a fresh start?
Dec 31, 2014 / Maria Margaronis
Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent Tech Workers Chafe at India’s Neoliberal Ascent
The real tech revolution may not be in Silicon Valley but at a Nokia factory outside Chennai.
Dec 29, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Homecare Worker Protections Thwarted in Court Homecare Worker Protections Thwarted in Court
Just before Christmas, a federal judge stuck down minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of homecare workers.
Dec 26, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Dickens Was Right: the Real War on Christmas Is the War on the Poor Dickens Was Right: the Real War on Christmas Is the War on the Poor
A Dickensian year when food stamps were cut and bankers got everything they wanted
Dec 24, 2014 / John Nichols
Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service Thank Postal Workers by Fighting to Save the Postal Service
The USPS will deliver 15.5 billion pieces of mail this season. Yet it is threatened by devastating closures and cuts.
Dec 23, 2014 / John Nichols
Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty
In Edmund Fawcett’s new history, liberalism begins with capitalism and revolution.
Dec 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester