Economy

Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting?

Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting? Did the DC Circuit Court Give a Green Light for Union-Busting?

The Communications Workers of America says that the ruling overturning Obama’s nominations emboldened employers—like the one that terminated twenty-two union activists....

Mar 1, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

This week, students across the country rail against program cuts, tuition hikes and racist university policies. What’s next for reproductive justice in Alabama? Could Congres...

Mar 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions

This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions uses some very creative math to prove that people in poverty have incomes that are similar to the middle class.

Mar 1, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Gotta Sequester? Or Was Cheney Right That ‘Deficits Don’t Matter’?

Gotta Sequester? Or Was Cheney Right That ‘Deficits Don’t Matter’? Gotta Sequester? Or Was Cheney Right That ‘Deficits Don’t Matter’?

There is a lot of hypocrisy in the sudden Republican obsession with deficits and debt.

Mar 1, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Josh Eidelson: Working in the Walmart Economy

Josh Eidelson: Working in the Walmart Economy Josh Eidelson: Working in the Walmart Economy

In an interview with The Billfold, Nation labor reporter Josh Eidelson discusses labor organizing, labor journalism and the range of worker struggles happening now.&...

Feb 28, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Financial Transactions Tax Introduced Again—Can It Pass This Time?

Financial Transactions Tax Introduced Again—Can It Pass This Time? Financial Transactions Tax Introduced Again—Can It Pass This Time?

The tariff on transactions would cost the average investor little while deterring risky high-volume trading—and Jack Lew seems open to the idea.

Feb 28, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics

John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics John Nichols: Sequestration’s Zombie Economics

Nation writer John Nichols appears on Democracy Now! to discuss the myths and realities of the impending “sequestration.”

Feb 26, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Why Workers Should Be Wary About Corporate ‘Wellness’

Why Workers Should Be Wary About Corporate ‘Wellness’ Why Workers Should Be Wary About Corporate ‘Wellness’

Disguised as health promotion, it’s another form of cost-shifting to employees, in which some will be unfairly penalized.

Feb 26, 2013 / Steve Early

The Human Costs of Sequester

The Human Costs of Sequester The Human Costs of Sequester

Rather than obsessing over a deficit boogie man, we should be putting financially battered Americans back to work.

Feb 26, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

To Beat Austerity, Obama Must Campaign for Democracy

To Beat Austerity, Obama Must Campaign for Democracy To Beat Austerity, Obama Must Campaign for Democracy

How committed is the president to kicking big money out of politics?

Feb 26, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

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