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Recycled Cans NYC

My Parents Collect Cans for a Living My Parents Collect Cans for a Living

When people ask about my family now, I tell them not with embarrassment or shame but with pride.

Dec 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Jessica Yauri

US-HEALTH-VIRUS-NURSES

Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project

Nurses unions from 28 different countries are taking on governments and Big Pharma with a simple demand: Waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines, and end the pandemic now.

Dec 3, 2021 / Silvia Federici

banana cost

How Much Could a Banana Republic Cost? How Much Could a Banana Republic Cost?

In a first attempt to determine who really runs the world, a look at the royal families of old.

Dec 2, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

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The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call

It’s outrageous that a billion-dollar industry exists based on skimming profits from some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Nov 30, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus could be in line to step into the Democratic leader’s shoes.

Nov 26, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Why We Made “Going for Broke”

Why We Made “Going for Broke” Why We Made “Going for Broke”

In this video roundtable, Laura Flanders joins Ray Suarez and Ann Larson to talk about our newest podcast.

Nov 19, 2021 / Going for Broke with Ray Suarez / The Nation, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and Laura Flanders

UAW Logo ang American Flag

Only Democracy Can Save One of America’s Greatest Unions Only Democracy Can Save One of America’s Greatest Unions

We need strong unions more than ever, which means giving UAW members a real say in how their union is run.

Nov 18, 2021 / Liz Skeen

New York Housing Projects

Not Just a Kid From the Projects Not Just a Kid From the Projects

I never got the quality education I deserved during elementary school. Now, I want to become a teacher to help other poor students fulfill their dreams.

Nov 16, 2021 / StudentNation / Meagan Zullo

We Abandon Low-Income Voters at Our Peril

We Abandon Low-Income Voters at Our Peril We Abandon Low-Income Voters at Our Peril

The survival struggles of the poor and dispossessed have long been both a spark for social, political, and economic change in this country.

Nov 12, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Minimum wage hike in West Hollywood, CA

West Hollywood Just Won the Highest Minimum Wage in the Country West Hollywood Just Won the Highest Minimum Wage in the Country

The ordinance could—and should—serve as a template for wage protections and working conditions for low-wage workers across the country.

Nov 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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