The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050 The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050
What would it take to make the fashion industry truly sustainable?
Feb 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act
You can also get your friends to call Congress to oppose Trump’s infrastructure plan and support undocumented youth walking from New York City to DC.
Feb 13, 2018 / NationAction
Randy Bryce’s Campaign Is Not Just Pro-Union—It’s Unionized Randy Bryce’s Campaign Is Not Just Pro-Union—It’s Unionized
The Campaign Workers Guild has negotiated its first collectively bargained contract, with the Democratic candidate challenging Paul Ryan.
Feb 12, 2018 / John Nichols
Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers
Upending Obama-era precedent, the NLRB is threatening the ability of workers at franchise restaurants to organize.
Feb 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise
A preemptive war on inflation will tamp down any real wage growth.
Feb 9, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage
Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue
Hans and Franz economics… Fear and self-loathing… Millennials vs. boomers… Agree to disagree… Taxation and miseducation…
Feb 8, 2018 / Our Readers
Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President?
Joan Walsh on Trump, Nomi Prins on financial deregulation, and Ann Jones on Norwegians.
Feb 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women
His administration has already made workers, especially women, poorer, less secure, and less safe.
Feb 8, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again
Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.
Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert
Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California? Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California?
He’s challenging incumbent Dianne Feinstein on foreign policy, immigration, and the national-surveillance state.
Feb 7, 2018 / Q&A / Sasha Abramsky