Here’s Why We Can’t Rely on Shareholders to Fix CEO Pay Here’s Why We Can’t Rely on Shareholders to Fix CEO Pay
BlackRock, the top money manager in the world, claims to want to link performance with executive compensation. But its actions tell a different story.
May 4, 2016 / Sarah Anderson
Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow
Is an environmentally sustainable economic transition possible?
May 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’ Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’
The great champion of peace and justice, from Catonsville to Occupy, has died at age 94.
May 2, 2016 / Editorial / John Nichols
Making Sense of the Boston Public Schools Walkout Making Sense of the Boston Public Schools Walkout
The Boston Public Schools have been under sustained budget cuts for several years. This year students decided they'd had enough.
May 2, 2016 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien
What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage
Advocates and members of Congress want to reframe abortion as an issue of economic security.
May 2, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Yanis Varoufakis Is Fighting For a More Democratic Alternative to the EU Yanis Varoufakis Is Fighting For a More Democratic Alternative to the EU
The leftist former finance minister of Greece experienced the crushing power of eurozone austerity firsthand—and knows an alternative is vital.
May 2, 2016 / James Carden
$15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers $15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers
A higher minimum wage is necessary, but not enough, to lift part-time workers out of poverty.
May 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
No Plumbing, No Protection: The Story of Milwaukee’s Evicted No Plumbing, No Protection: The Story of Milwaukee’s Evicted
Many of the worst symptoms of American poverty are rooted in the instability brought on by eviction, according to a new book by sociologist Matthew Desmond.
Apr 29, 2016 / Alyssa Katz
A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster
Three years after the factory collapse in Bangladesh, a Canadian court is hearing a case that could award the victims up to $2 billion in damages.
Apr 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Bernie Sanders and His Supporters Should Do What the Democratic Party Won’t: Advocate for Candidates of Color Bernie Sanders and His Supporters Should Do What the Democratic Party Won’t: Advocate for Candidates of Color
By focusing on supporting progressive leaders and organizations of color, they could make a mark that lasts long beyond 2016.
Apr 29, 2016 / Steve Phillips