The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance The Devastating Process of Dying in America Without Insurance
What do people do when they can’t afford end-of-life care?
Jun 20, 2016 / Mark Betancourt
USPS vs. Congress USPS vs. Congress
If ever there was a time to make a case for the Postal Service’s necessity in American civic, political, and cultural life, it may have already passed.
Jun 20, 2016 / Nathan Smith
Elizabeth Warren’s Fight Against Payday Lenders Comes to the Post Office Elizabeth Warren’s Fight Against Payday Lenders Comes to the Post Office
We could save Americans millions with postal banking.
Jun 20, 2016 / Bryce Covert
The Victims of For-Profit Education Are Creating a Debtors’ Movement The Victims of For-Profit Education Are Creating a Debtors’ Movement
The entire for-profit education model is predatory and financially unstable, and exploits students’ dreams of a college education.
Jun 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America An Assassination in Britain Calls Us to Recognize Our Duty to Keep Barbarism at Bay in America
It is time to recognize that “divisive hate-mongering is seeping into the mainstream,” and that a toxic politics threatens not just civility but democracy.
Jun 17, 2016 / John Nichols
What Rebecca Schiff Knows What Rebecca Schiff Knows
Her most obvious forebear in minimalist stories is Lydia Davis. But Schiff is certainly charting her own path.
Jun 17, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof
Why Are Mexican Teachers Being Jailed for Protesting Education Reform? Why Are Mexican Teachers Being Jailed for Protesting Education Reform?
They’re peacefully resisting US-style neoliberal measures intended to crush the unions—a backbone of Mexico’s social-justice movements.
Jun 17, 2016 / David Bacon
Read What Malcolm X’s Daughter Said at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Read What Malcolm X’s Daughter Said at Muhammad Ali’s Funeral
Her words demand to be read and reread, to better understand the past as well as where we need to go.
Jun 17, 2016 / Dave Zirin
‘It’s Like Responding to a Battlefield in a Civilian Community’: Medical Professionals Declare Gun Violence a Crisis ‘It’s Like Responding to a Battlefield in a Civilian Community’: Medical Professionals Declare Gun Violence a Crisis
Doctors have an intimate view of the uptick in mass shootings.
Jun 17, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Last Night, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Concede—but He Focused on the Bigger Fight Last Night, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Concede—but He Focused on the Bigger Fight
This election could still mark a decisive turn in our politics, and our national life.
Jun 17, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan