Esther Kaplan

Esther Kaplan is editor of the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, and author of With God on Their Side: George Bush and the Christian Right.

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

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

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

Oct 28, 2014 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

Five Indictments in Glover Case

Five Indictments in Glover Case 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 ...

Jun 12, 2010 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

US Media Pull Punches on Flotilla Assault 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 ju...

Jun 1, 2010 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

Hilda Solis: Labor’s New Sheriff 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.

Apr 16, 2010 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

A Test for Labor A Test for Labor

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

Apr 9, 2010 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

Justice at Last? 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 Mississ...

Feb 13, 2010 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola

Aram Roston's November Nation exposé, "How the U.S. Funds the Taliban," has been fast picking up steam on Capitol Hill. In the article, supported by the Investigat...

Dec 17, 2009 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

Here Come the Unions Here Come the Unions

View a slideshow of images from the showdown in Chicago here. On Tuesday morning, in Chicago, the unions came to town. It was the final day of the rolling protest dubbed The Show...

Oct 27, 2009 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

Bankers and Their Victims Bankers and Their Victims

Day two of the Showdown in Chicago, a three-day-long protest against big banks, began a bit dismally for The Nation. An email from American Bankers Association spokesman John Hall ...

Oct 27, 2009 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

Anger, At Last Anger, At Last

  In a brightly lit basement room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago tonight, Angel Seda was leading seven hundred people in a chant. "Tell me what you want, what you...

Oct 26, 2009 / The Notion / Esther Kaplan

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