President Obama: Extend Labor Protections to Homecare Workers President Obama: Extend Labor Protections to Homecare Workers
The "companionship exemption" is both deeply archaic and patently unfair.
Mar 14, 2013 / NationAction
UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment
If UVM commits to divestment, it will be the only public university and the largest university to do so.
Mar 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Striking McDonald’s Guest Workers Headed to CEO’s Chicago Home Striking McDonald’s Guest Workers Headed to CEO’s Chicago Home
Organizers say management retaliated against strikers by locking them out of their homes.
Mar 13, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
A Brooklyn Corner A Brooklyn Corner
Day laborers who clean for ultra-Orthodox Jewish households are learning about their rights.
Mar 12, 2013 / Feature / E. Tammy Kim
‘Don’t Frack My Mother’ ‘Don’t Frack My Mother’
One of the hippest and most amusing videos you’ll watch this year might also be the most important.
Mar 11, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
The Global Austerity Resistance Continues The Global Austerity Resistance Continues
Tens of thousands of austerity opponents took to the streets in Spain, Greece and Portugal this month.
Mar 11, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/8/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/8/13)
This week witnessed widespread school closings in Philadelphia, the threat of war with Iran, the death of Hugo Chávez and the exploits of the Russian (and American) secret p...
Mar 9, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Next for Venezuela, After Chávez? What Next for Venezuela, After Chávez?
He may have been a dominant, charismatic leader, but Chavismo is an internally diverse, deeply rooted movement that will not disappear anytime soon.
Mar 8, 2013 / Gabriel Hetland
On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA
Tell your representatives that domestic violence victims cannot be used as bargaining chips. Demand that any deal to avert the sequester restores full funding to VAWA programs.
Mar 8, 2013 / NationAction
This Week in Poverty: ‘A Place at the Table’ and ‘American Winter’ This Week in Poverty: ‘A Place at the Table’ and ‘American Winter’
Two new documentaries take a hard look at the struggles of low-income and middle class families to access the basics—like food, housing, healthcare and education.
Mar 8, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann