Obama Nominates SOPA Lobbyist for TPP Trade Post Obama Nominates SOPA Lobbyist for TPP Trade Post
A new US trade representative is a former lobbyist pushing for limits on Internet freedom and draconian intellectual property policy.
Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration
The migration of highly skilled workers can pay dividends for immigrants and their employers, but it produces losers as well.
Feb 26, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars
A funny thing happened on the way to the fiscal cliff: real people fought back.
Feb 19, 2014 / Mary Bottari
De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals
The mayor’s new counsel has wedded incisive analysis of race and poverty to practical policy ideas that would make government a positive force across communities.
Feb 19, 2014 / Blog / Jarrett Murphy
High Time for a Robin Hood Tax High Time for a Robin Hood Tax
A properly implented FTT can benefit the economy from top to bottom.
Feb 19, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will a Minimum Wage Hike Really Cost Jobs? Will a Minimum Wage Hike Really Cost Jobs?
The Congressional Budget Office is out of step with most economists on job loss projections as a result of a minimum wage hike.
Feb 18, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick
The One Rich Guy Who Owns Everything The One Rich Guy Who Owns Everything
The end result of relentlessly rising income inequality: one rich guy will own as much as the rest of the planet combined.
Feb 18, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Want to Know What NAFTA Teaches Us About the TPP Fight? This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Want to Know What NAFTA Teaches Us About the TPP Fight?
It was clear then, as it is now, that "free-trade" agreements are disasters for workers and the environment.
Feb 15, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Understanding the 1 Percent Katrina vanden Heuvel: Understanding the 1 Percent
Katrina vanden Heuvel dissects the detachment of the ruling class on MSNBC's All in With Chris Hayes.
Feb 14, 2014 / Blog / Chris Hayes
UAW and VW Seek Economic High Road, Anti-Union Pols Seek to Block It UAW and VW Seek Economic High Road, Anti-Union Pols Seek to Block It
A Tennessee union vote could reshape American manufacturing.
Feb 13, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols