Silicon Valley’s Workplace Problem Silicon Valley’s Workplace Problem
Tech start ups have long thrived on an exceptional view of themselves. But far from being the exception, their companies tend to embody much of what is wrong with our economy. ...
Apr 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie
If the Democratic Party won’t listen to the left, it should at least listen to itself from 30 years ago.
Apr 7, 2020 / Ed Burmila
Welfare for Wall Street Welfare for Wall Street
As in 2008, the financial relief package leaves most Americans behind. It’s only a matter of time before it leads to an even bigger crisis.
Apr 7, 2020 / Nomi Prins
Confronting the Pandemic in a Time of Revolt: Voices From Chile Confronting the Pandemic in a Time of Revolt: Voices From Chile
Surviving the coronavirus will be meaningless if Chileans do not simultaneously address the underlying causes of injustice and inequality.
Apr 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Ariel Dorfman
How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short
Faced with the shattering 2008 crisis, Obama and his key advisers largely sought to restore the wobbly pre-crisis status quo.
Apr 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Cooper
How to Save the Postal Service How to Save the Postal Service
For starters, nationalize Amazon and the rest of the essential infrastructure of the digital age.
Apr 6, 2020 / Feature / Mike Davis
Science Will Not Come on a White Horse With a Solution Science Will Not Come on a White Horse With a Solution
Sheila Jasanoff, a professor of science and technology studies, tells The Nation that we’ve modeled the progression of the disease, but not the social consequences.
Apr 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Nawal Arjini
The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, graduate student workers’ living conditions are now their working conditions—and more than ever, we need them to be safe.
Apr 6, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers
The New Symbols of Our Crisis The New Symbols of Our Crisis
A photographer’s diary in the time of coronavirus.
Apr 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Rola Khayyat, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
‘We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder’ ‘We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder’
As the death toll mounts, unions representing transit workers in major cities demand protective gear.
Apr 3, 2020 / no-paywall / John Nichols