Economic Policy

Bernie in the Lion’s Den

Bernie in the Lion’s Den Bernie in the Lion’s Den

The socialist senator from Vermont wasn’t exactly eaten alive at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Sep 14, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

A man leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco.

This Is How Bad the Sharing Economy Is for Workers This Is How Bad the Sharing Economy Is for Workers

And this is how reformers and activists might win protections for Silicon Valley’s so-called “independent contractors.”

Sep 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Megan Barry

Nashville Elects a Mayor Who Is Serious About Jobs, Wages, Poverty Nashville Elects a Mayor Who Is Serious About Jobs, Wages, Poverty

A candidate who trusted the intelligence of voters wins a decisive victory.

Sep 11, 2015 / John Nichols

Chile Allende coup

The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started

Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.

Sep 11, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates

Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates Memo to Fed: Don’t Raise Interest Rates

The Fed needs to stop worrying about stemming inflation that doesn’t exist and keep the focus on the jobs we need.

Sep 1, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Barack Obama

Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans

George Bush flew over us. Barack Obama sent his deputies. But both eventually landed, and both leave behind plenty more work toward our recovery.

Aug 27, 2015 / Jarvis Deberry

Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina

Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina

The city has granted more than 24,000 demolition permits since Katrina. The Nation partnered with The Lens, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, to explore the fate of those proper...

Aug 27, 2015 / Investigation / The Lens and The Nation

Pat Fitzgerald

Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter

If a sportswriter from 50 years ago traveled to 2015, they would think the world had been turned on its head.

Aug 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Sherrod Brown

Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP

And Senator Sherrod Brown is blocking a key Obama nominee to show it.

Aug 20, 2015 / George Zornick

GOP Candidates

Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans

Republicans are advocating a future that will drag us back to the failed policies of the past.

Aug 18, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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