Activists Invade the Guggenheim: Holding US Institutions Accountable for Labor Abuses in Abu Dhabi Activists Invade the Guggenheim: Holding US Institutions Accountable for Labor Abuses in Abu Dhabi
The disruption at the Guggenheim was just a visual articulation of global, grassroots demands rising outside the museum walls.
May 26, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Piketty in Elysium Piketty in Elysium
If inequality sells in bookstores and box offices, it will sell at the polls as well.
May 23, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
Will the Caribbean Reparations Initiative Inspire a Revitalization of the US Movement? Will the Caribbean Reparations Initiative Inspire a Revitalization of the US Movement?
Underdevelopment in the Caribbean is a direct legacy of the slave trade, and descendants of enslaved Africans should be compensated accordingly.
May 23, 2014 / Don Rojas
Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13 Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13
A new study says the change could save lives and improve health statewide—good news for the 40 percent of poor households led by single women.
May 23, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor
A new bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee focuses on tackling rural, not urban, hunger thereby focusing efforts on poor whites rather than people of color.
May 22, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Did Chris Christie Just Sabotage His Chances for 2016? Did Chris Christie Just Sabotage His Chances for 2016?
The Newark Star-Ledger says Christie’s attack on pensions is the final nail in his coffin. (We’ll see.)
May 22, 2014 / The Christie Watch / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Why the Korean Ferry Disaster Is an American Issue Why the Korean Ferry Disaster Is an American Issue
It’s the product of both deregulatory neoliberal capitalism and Korea’s authoritarian past—a history in which the United States played no small part.
May 21, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Christine Hong and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Purple Network Opinion Duel: Does the US Need a Higher Minimum Wage? The Purple Network Opinion Duel: Does the US Need a Higher Minimum Wage?
The third in a series of debates between The Nation and National Review, moderated by Roll Call.
May 21, 2014 / The Nation
Can Big Oil Retake Richmond, California? Can Big Oil Retake Richmond, California?
In 2008, progressives won control of City Hall. Now, as elections loom, Chevron wants to take it back.
May 21, 2014 / Cities Rising / Steve Early
Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus
To build the university where Bill Clinton will speak this week, laborers are paid less than what was contracted, are refused their own passports and bank cards and sleep a dozen t...
May 20, 2014 / StudentNation / Helen Holmes, Ari Lipsitz, and StudentNation