Inspired by Freedom Riders, Workers Plan Caravans to Walmart Convention Inspired by Freedom Riders, Workers Plan Caravans to Walmart Convention
Workers will travel from around the country to meet supporters and then converge on the retail giant in Bentonville.
May 5, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Talking with Johnson Wiley Talking with Johnson Wiley
A former Marine at Rutgers talks about his time overseas, and what it's like to be a student coming out of the military.
May 5, 2013 / StudentNation / Lucy McKeon and StudentNation
The Reverse Revolving Door: How Corporate Insiders Are Rewarded Upon Leaving Firms for Congress The Reverse Revolving Door: How Corporate Insiders Are Rewarded Upon Leaving Firms for Congress
Disclosures reveal that corporations and lobbying firms award six-figure bonuses to staff who leave to take powerful positions on Capitol Hill.
May 4, 2013 / Lee Fang
Austerity Is ‘Suffocating the Economy’ Austerity Is ‘Suffocating the Economy’
The latest jobs numbers are weak. Why? We're dying by slow sequester cuts.
May 3, 2013 / John Nichols
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (5/3/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (5/3/2013)
This week, Nation interns look back on May Days past, Western imperialism present (but ignored) and the tech world of the future.
May 3, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left
Hopes for a progressive government failed, thanks to suicidal divisions among the center-left and Beppe Grillo’s demagogic posturing.
May 3, 2013 / Frederika Randall
Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception
Implore Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to drop the Plan B age restriction.
May 3, 2013 / NationAction
Why Won’t Congress Follow? Why Won’t Congress Follow?
Eric on Howard Kurtz, Reed on the disfunction in the capital.
May 3, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
‘The Office’ and the American Workplace ‘The Office’ and the American Workplace
The doors of Dunder Mifflin are closing. But the misplaced chairs and corporate blandness of white collar work are here to stay.
May 3, 2013 / Michelle Dean