Economy

Bangladesh garment workers protest

Stories the Fashion Media Won’t Tell Stories the Fashion Media Won’t Tell

Why are fashion outlets ignoring Bangladeshi garment-worker protests?

Jan 18, 2019 / Minh-Ha T. Pham

Ford CEO Mark Fields

When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay! When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay!

Portland’s groundbreaking strategy for curbing executive compensation should be a model for the rest of the country.

Jan 17, 2019 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati

Prime Minister Theresa Ma

Why No Deal Is the Real Deal: Brexit and the Politics of the Interregnum Why No Deal Is the Real Deal: Brexit and the Politics of the Interregnum

Leaving the European Union is the necessary goal of the left in Britain.

Jan 17, 2019 / Maurice Glasman

The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks

The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks The Left Needs to Resist Anti-Immigrant Initiatives From Within its Ranks

David Adler on politics, Pedro Noguera on the LA teachers’ strike, and Kate Aronoff on the battle of ideas.

Jan 17, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy

These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy

Though Orbán sought to stamp out dissent and free thought in Hungary, he only made us call out to one another in solidarity.

Jan 16, 2019 / StudentNation / Rosa Schwartzburg

journalist independence square

Journalism Is Dangerous Work Journalism Is Dangerous Work

At home and abroad, the press is becoming a target of states and individuals.

Jan 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike

Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike

Plus ways to support furloughed federal workers and oppose Betsy Devos’s destructive sexual-assault policies.

Jan 15, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’

‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’ ‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’

Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.

Jan 15, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe

Greece Wildfires

To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis To Those Who Think We Can Reform Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

Our only hope is to stop exploiting the earth—and its people.

Jan 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Yellow Vest protesters

Forgotten France Rises Up Forgotten France Rises Up

France’s Yellow Vests took just one month to challenge policies on taxation, education, transport, and environment—and make the Macron government back down

Jan 15, 2019 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Serge Halimi

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