Economy

How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying

How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying

How corporate America used the Great Recession to turn good jobs into bad ones. 

Aug 20, 2013 / Barbara Garson

The AFL-CIO Is Exploring New Investments in Alt-Labor and Texas Organizing

The AFL-CIO Is Exploring New Investments in Alt-Labor and Texas Organizing The AFL-CIO Is Exploring New Investments in Alt-Labor and Texas Organizing

The federation’s general counsel tells The Nation “limited, thoughtful experiments” with alternative organizing models could be ahead.

Aug 16, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

A Perfect Storm of Cuts Batters North Carolina’s Unemployed

A Perfect Storm of Cuts Batters North Carolina’s Unemployed A Perfect Storm of Cuts Batters North Carolina’s Unemployed

The state’s unprecedented cuts to benefits for the jobless are leaving families stranded without money for food, transportation and housing.

Aug 16, 2013 / Spencer Woodman

Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight

Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight

A proposed regulatory change would extend some basic federal protections to long-excluded domestic workers.

Aug 15, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry

Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry

How low-wage food service workers are serving up justice.

Aug 14, 2013 / Feature / Laura Flanders

Fichte’s Way Fichte’s Way

Johann Gottlieb Fichte undertook a pure search for truth. He also distrusted international markets. Does that make him an ancestor to anti-globalization activists?

Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Rosen

Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard

Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard

America needs a Fed chair who has "the right temperament and a willingness to take on Wall Street CEOs."

Aug 13, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Occupy Bank Cards!

Occupy Bank Cards! Occupy Bank Cards!

A band of finance wizards take on the system they now say is corrupt.

Aug 12, 2013 / Alissa Quart

Same Old ALEC

Same Old ALEC Same Old ALEC

Its annual conference proved that ALEC is still cozy with the NRA—and still pushing the agenda of giant corporations and right-wing ideologues.

Aug 9, 2013 / Micah Uetricht

This Week in Poverty: The Expert Testimony of Tianna Gaines-Turner

This Week in Poverty: The Expert Testimony of Tianna Gaines-Turner This Week in Poverty: The Expert Testimony of Tianna Gaines-Turner

If Congress would choose to listen to people in poverty, rather than just talking about them, this is what they would hear.

Aug 9, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

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