Christie, Scott Walker and the Assault on Workers’ Pensions Christie, Scott Walker and the Assault on Workers’ Pensions
The New Jersey governor says he might take ‘extreme measures.’
Feb 26, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration
The migration of highly skilled workers can pay dividends for immigrants and their employers, but it produces losers as well.
Feb 26, 2014 / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion
Chris Hayes introduces the latest victim of hydraulic fracking: an ExxonMobil CEO and his super-rich friends.
Feb 25, 2014 / Chris Hayes
Why Are So Many Workers Dying in Oil Fields? Why Are So Many Workers Dying in Oil Fields?
Lax safety standards prevent OSHA from investigating the majority of oil-field accidents.
Feb 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How Slavery Made the Modern World How Slavery Made the Modern World
Slavery was the flywheel on which America’s market revolution turned—not just in the United States, but in all of the Americas.
Feb 24, 2014 / Greg Grandin
UAW’s Challenge To Republican Political Interference Is About More than VW Vote UAW’s Challenge To Republican Political Interference Is About More than VW Vote
It is time to call out politicians who use the authority of government to weaken existing unions and to thrwart the right to organize.
Feb 22, 2014 / John Nichols
Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger
The merger would be bad for consumers, bad for our free press and bad for democracy.
Feb 20, 2014 / NationAction
The Maker of Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Wants Ohio to Stop Killing People With Them The Maker of Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Wants Ohio to Stop Killing People With Them
Ohio's official lethal injection cocktail came under fire after a grisly execution in January.
Feb 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars
A funny thing happened on the way to the fiscal cliff: real people fought back.
Feb 19, 2014 / Mary Bottari
De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals
The mayor’s new counsel has wedded incisive analysis of race and poverty to practical policy ideas that would make government a positive force across communities.
Feb 19, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy