Walmart Just Instituted Its Own Assault-Weapons Ban Walmart Just Instituted Its Own Assault-Weapons Ban
The store is still the country’s biggest gun retailer, however.
Aug 27, 2015 / George Zornick
Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans Waiting for the Presidents in New Orleans
George Bush flew over us. Barack Obama sent his deputies. But both eventually landed, and both leave behind plenty more work toward our recovery.
Aug 27, 2015 / Jarvis Deberry
Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina Missing Home: The Demolition of New Orleans After Katrina
The city has granted more than 24,000 demolition permits since Katrina. The Nation partnered with The Lens, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, to explore the fate of those proper...
Aug 27, 2015 / Investigation / The Lens and The Nation
Rays of Light in the Shadow of Dark Money Rays of Light in the Shadow of Dark Money
Amid the onslaught of anonymous political donations, some grassroots activists are gearing up for a counteroffensive. Here are five promising strategies for 2016 and beyond.
Aug 27, 2015 / Alyssa Katz
What Amazon Didn’t Understand About Overwork What Amazon Didn’t Understand About Overwork
Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you… slower.
Aug 27, 2015 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic
What’s driving the president’s bafflingly two-faced climate policy?
Aug 26, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
China’s Meltdown Goes Deeper Than the Stock Market China’s Meltdown Goes Deeper Than the Stock Market
The market’s volatility hurts share prices, but the turbulence in China’s real economy has plunged workers into poverty and fatal risks on the job.
Aug 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Longer Hours, More Stress, No Extra Pay: It’s Not Just Amazon, It’s the Modern Workplace Longer Hours, More Stress, No Extra Pay: It’s Not Just Amazon, It’s the Modern Workplace
It may look like more and more workers are workaholics. In fact, they are just powerless.
Aug 26, 2015 / Bryce Covert
Join a Day of Action to Support Diplomacy With Iran Join a Day of Action to Support Diplomacy With Iran
Today people across the country will gather outside congressional offices in support of diplomacy over war.
Aug 25, 2015 / no-paywall / NationAction
You Can Wipe Out Coal, but You Can’t Bring the Mountains Back You Can Wipe Out Coal, but You Can’t Bring the Mountains Back
The coal industry in West Virginia is collapsing, leaving uncertainty and a drastically altered skyline in its wake.
Aug 25, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener