Their Brand Is Crisis: For Austerity Hawks, Good News Must Still Be Bad News Their Brand Is Crisis: For Austerity Hawks, Good News Must Still Be Bad News
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on how austerity hawks are in perpetual debt crisis mode, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Sep 22, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Why Aren’t the Health Workers Fighting West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic Being Given Basic Protective Gear? Why Aren’t the Health Workers Fighting West Africa’s Ebola Epidemic Being Given Basic Protective Gear?
The failure to protect workers is worsening an already dire public health crisis.
Sep 19, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Scotland’s Referendum on Austerity Scotland’s Referendum on Austerity
A remarkable democratic debate over independence has forced an admission that austerity is a vital, perhaps definitive, issue.
Sep 17, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Climate Change Is a People’s Shock Climate Change Is a People’s Shock
What if, instead of accepting a future of climate catastrophe and private profits, we decide to change everything?
Sep 16, 2014 / Naomi Klein
Kingdom of Slaves in the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Slaves in the Persian Gulf
In the smallest Gulf states, nearly 90 percent of residents are immigrant laborers. Many face unspeakable abuse.
Sep 16, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Sam Badger, Giorgio Cafiero, and Foreign Policy In Focus
To Leave Their Abusers, Domestic Violence Survivors Need Economic Security To Leave Their Abusers, Domestic Violence Survivors Need Economic Security
VAWA has sparked real progress—but we can do more to ensure that survivors have stable jobs and housing.
Sep 12, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Ethiopian Activists Fight US-Backed Land Seizures Ethiopian Activists Fight US-Backed Land Seizures
Backed by US development aid, the Ethiopian government is seizing land, demolishing homes and cracking down on activists in a bid to expand its capital city.
Sep 12, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Hilary Matfess and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why Are Employers Checking Job Applicants’ Credit Histories? Why Are Employers Checking Job Applicants’ Credit Histories?
There’s no evidence that credit reports reveal an applicant’s competence but plenty of evidence that shows they invade privacy and institutionalize discrimination.
Sep 12, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Why Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy Central’ Movement Has Beijing Very, Very Scared Why Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy Central’ Movement Has Beijing Very, Very Scared
Hong Kong is one of the most unequal developed economies in the world. Now the mainland government wants to keep a tight grip on the territory’s political system too.
Sep 12, 2014 / Eli Friedman
What Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Can Learn From History What Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement Can Learn From History
Hong Kong’s democracy movement stands at a crossroads.
Sep 12, 2014 / Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Denise Y. Ho