Americans Are Working So Hard, It’s Actually Killing People

The jobless recovery means massive speedups for many workers you depend on.

Esther Kaplan

Five Indictments in Glover Case

Three New Orleans police officers and two former officers were indicted Friday in the shooting death of Henry Glover, an African-American resident of New Orleans who bled to death while in police custody in the days after Hurricane Katrina struck. The Nation broke the story of his suspicious death last year.

Esther Kaplan

US Media Pull Punches on Flotilla Assault

The global press explodes in outrage, but the paper of record turns, as usual, to those it considers "reliable sources"—Israeli officials—while CNN experts justify the violence.

Esther Kaplan

Hilda Solis: Labor’s New Sheriff

The Secretary of Labor has hired a crew of smart and savvy deputies to enforce the nation’s labor laws.

Esther Kaplan

A Test for Labor

The death toll of a devastating explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia has reached twenty-five.

Esther Kaplan

Justice at Last?

Justice may finally be imaginable for Edna Glover and her family. The charred remains of her son Henry were discovered in the burnt hulk of a car on a levee overlooking the Mississippi River a week after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. But she’d never gotten any answers. 

Esther Kaplan

Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola

Esther Kaplan

Here Come the Unions

Esther Kaplan

Bankers and Their Victims

Esther Kaplan

Anger, At Last

Esther Kaplan