Flattened for a Price Flattened for a Price
In her new book The Cosmopolites, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian explores the evolution of citizenship and the rise of a new form of statelessness.
Dec 2, 2015 / Fatima Bhutto
How Debt Collectors Ruin Lives How Debt Collectors Ruin Lives
They can dock your pay and ruin your credit—and the industry has only grown in recent years.
Dec 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Europe Is Trying to Rid Itself of the Eritrean Refugee Crisis Europe Is Trying to Rid Itself of the Eritrean Refugee Crisis
Even before Paris, European nations were maneuvering to prematurely declare Eritrea safe for return.
Dec 2, 2015 / Caitlin L. Chandler
Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class
More than 1,000 people have pledged to join progressive leaders in a congressional sit-in, to take our elections back from moneyed special interests.
Dec 2, 2015 / Rhana Bazzini, Medea Benjamin, Ben Cohen, Jodie Evans, Joseph Huff-Hannon, Lawrence Lessig, Joan Mandle, Kai Newkirk, Carlos Saavedra, Umi Selah, Paul Song, Zephyr Teachout, Cenk Uygur, and Winnie Wong
December 2, 2001: Enron Files for Bankruptcy December 2, 2001: Enron Files for Bankruptcy
“Nobody ever said capitalism was pretty.”
Dec 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit. 2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit.
States have gutted family visitation programs in reaction to prison overcrowding, and racist ideas about black sexuality.
Dec 2, 2015 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey
To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents
Once something threatens who you are and what you love, you have no choice but to take action.
Dec 1, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin
Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out Not Everyone in North Carolina Wants to Keep Refugees Out
In spite of what North Carolina’s governor has said, many in the state welcome religious and ethnic diversity—but their voices have been drowned out in the wake of the Paris attack...
Dec 1, 2015 / Phoebe Zerwick
What Happened to the White Working Class? What Happened to the White Working Class?
Downward mobility plus racial resentment is a potent combination with disastrous consequences.
Dec 1, 2015 / Barbara Ehrenreich
The Power of Moral Mondays The Power of Moral Mondays
Reverend Barber’s multi-racial movement for justice.
Dec 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel