Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Are Being Treated as Disposable Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Are Being Treated as Disposable
The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the severe vulnerability of the workers whose labor stocks the shelves of international brands.
Jun 22, 2020 / Photo Essay / Taslima Akhter, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak
Inmates say guards treated them like “lepers” as Covid-19 tore through the penitentiary.
Jun 17, 2020 / Molly Minta
The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid
The press needs to reckon with the prevalence of a worldview that defaults to the perspective of the white and wealthy.
Jun 17, 2020 / Michelle García
The Supreme Court, Capital, and Queer Equality The Supreme Court, Capital, and Queer Equality
This unexpected victory is cause for celebration. Now the fight moves out of the courtroom, to the shop floor—and the streets.
Jun 16, 2020 / Joanna Wuest
Letters From the June 29/July 6, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 29/July 6, 2020, Issue
Labor Agonistes… No act of altruism…
Jun 16, 2020 / Our Readers, Gary Younge, and Sasha Abramsky
Dim Reaper Dim Reaper
Our president endangers public health for the bottom line.
How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19 How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19
The city’s leaders bungled the closing of the schools when the coronavirus struck. Can they be trusted to reopen them safely?
Jun 16, 2020 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything
By seizing the cops’ home base, rioters showed that law enforcement is not above the forces of history.
Jun 12, 2020 / Vicky Osterweil
Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd
One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation.
Jun 11, 2020 / Daniel Boguslaw
We Need an Academic New Deal We Need an Academic New Deal
Higher education work is a public good, and we university workers are prepared to fight to make it better for all.
Jun 9, 2020 / Alyssa Bowen and William Horne