Capitalism and Slavery Capitalism and Slavery
Each generation seems condemned to have to prove the obvious anew: slavery created the modern world, and the modern world’s divisions are the product of slavery.
May 1, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality Baltimore’s Inescapable Inequality
What looks like a night of “chaos” in Baltimore was just one freeze-frame in a long arc of urban crisis.
May 1, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
6 Degrees of Separation Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton 6 Degrees of Separation Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
The very different candidates for the Democratic nomination have a lot to debate.
Apr 30, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
A Bold New Campaign for Economic Justice A Bold New Campaign for Economic Justice
A coalition of national, state and local organizations in 41 states is uniting around an agenda to put families first.
Apr 30, 2015 / Deepak Bhargava
Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?
A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul
The Case That Blew the Lid Off the World Bank’s Secret Courts The Case That Blew the Lid Off the World Bank’s Secret Courts
How Bolivian protesters and global activists exposed the dark side of global trade pacts and paved the way for the battles to come.
Apr 29, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Jim Shultz and Foreign Policy In Focus
Bernie Sanders Readies a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Presidential Bid Bernie Sanders Readies a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Presidential Bid
“America does not belong to the billionaire class,” he says, “it belongs to all of us.”
Apr 29, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Days of Rage in Baltimore and Mexico Days of Rage in Baltimore and Mexico
Protesters on both sides of the border are revolting against the same transnational policing and trade policies.
Apr 28, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Democrats Prepare for Battle as Fast Track Nears the Senate Floor Democrats Prepare for Battle as Fast Track Nears the Senate Floor
Two leading Senate Democrats blasted the Obama administration for arm-twisting on TPP.
Apr 23, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
Poor People Need a Higher Wage, Not a Lesson in Morality Poor People Need a Higher Wage, Not a Lesson in Morality
David Brooks’ rendition of poverty is as “representative” of people with low-incomes as corrupt corporate titans are of small entrepreneurs.
Apr 22, 2015 / Greg Kaufmann