The School Behind the Billionaires and the Billionaire Tax The School Behind the Billionaires and the Billionaire Tax
UC Berkeley will inevitably be behind the defeat or victory of Proposition 40.
Sep 10, 2026 / StudentNation / Joseph Burney
Dolly Parton Understood That Working 9 to 5 Doesn’t Really Pay the Bills in Today’s America Dolly Parton Understood That Working 9 to 5 Doesn’t Really Pay the Bills in Today’s America
Social mobility has ground to a halt. Why that’s lousy for American music.
Sep 9, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores
The union’s endorsements of insurgent candidates led to big wins this summer. It’s all part of a strategy to remake American politics for the working class.
Sep 9, 2026 / Feature / Ella Fanger
Saluting a Matriarch—25 Years After “Nickel and Dimed” Saluting a Matriarch—25 Years After “Nickel and Dimed”
Barbara Ehrenreich’s thesis has become even more resonant since the book’s 2001 release.
Sep 1, 2026 / Alissa Quart and Nation Contributors
Adjuncting Until the End of Time Adjuncting Until the End of Time
Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainable—for professors and students alike.
Aug 15, 2026 / Maria Adelmann
New Yorkers Won a Rent Freeze. But We Can’t Stop There. New Yorkers Won a Rent Freeze. But We Can’t Stop There.
There is so much more to be done to seize power from landlords and real estate directly.
Jul 14, 2026 / Sumathy Kumar and Tracy Rosenthal
The Fight for New York’s Street Vendors Isn’t Over The Fight for New York’s Street Vendors Isn’t Over
After years of criminalization and confiscation, New York’s street vendors have won long-overdue reforms. Now the city must make good on its promises.
Jul 7, 2026 / Nazrin Nahar
What Is the American Economy? What Is the American Economy?
The gap between what the numbers say and how people are feeling has only grown wider.
Jun 30, 2026 / Feature / Robert B. Reich
We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates
Workers with college degrees are constantly being pitted against workers without one. But such a zero-sum debate obscures the need to protect everyone in every workplace.
Jun 30, 2026 / Abdullah Shihipar
What the DSA Influx Means for Albany What the DSA Influx Means for Albany
The DSA bloc in the Assembly can become a significant chunk of the Democratic majority.
Jun 30, 2026 / Ross Barkan