Economy

Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit

Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit

The non-union fast food walkout follows similar actions in New York, Chicago and St. Louis.

May 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

A Petition That Just Might Save the Post Office

A Petition That Just Might Save the Post Office A Petition That Just Might Save the Post Office

Congressman Peter DeFazio is calling on Americans to ask President Obama to stand up for rural post offices, urban sorting centers and an essential American service.

May 10, 2013 / John Nichols

Why Is Tom Corbett Speaking at Millersville’s Commencement?

Why Is Tom Corbett Speaking at Millersville’s Commencement? Why Is Tom Corbett Speaking at Millersville’s Commencement?

In a case of shaking-the-hand-that-slaps you, the Pennsylvania state school will host the Tea Party governor for its May 18 commencement. To whose benefit?

May 10, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation

Bill de Blasio: New York’s ‘Tale of Two Cities’

Bill de Blasio: New York’s ‘Tale of Two Cities’ Bill de Blasio: New York’s ‘Tale of Two Cities’

As part of The Nation's mayoral candidate series, de Blasio gives his views on how to tackle economic inequality.

May 9, 2013 / The Nation

New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago

New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago

Tired of their lives in other people’s hands, window makers started a co-op.

May 9, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Fast Food Workers Strike in St. Louis

Fast Food Workers Strike in St. Louis Fast Food Workers Strike in St. Louis

In the third walkout of its kind in five weeks, workers across the city are demanding a living wage of $15 per hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.

May 9, 2013 / Annie Shields

The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka

The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka

Someone somewhere must die for the pleasure someone somewhere else takes in a $4.95 bikini top.

May 8, 2013 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek

Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek

How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.

May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

Obama Did It for the Money

Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money

Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.

May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)

Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)

“Behind every fortune lies a crime,” said Balzac—allegedly true for the fortune inherited by Penny Pritzker. Though nowadays, as the finances of Obama's Comme...

May 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

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