Economy

The Radical Life of Rosa Luxemburg

The Radical Life of Rosa Luxemburg The Radical Life of Rosa Luxemburg

A graphic novelization of the revolutionary life and legacy of “Red Rosa.”

Oct 26, 2015 / Kate Evans

Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception

Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception Demand a Federal Investigation of Exxon’s Climate-Change Deception

Exxon-Mobil has spent years promoting skepticism of climate change—a position that runs contrary to the company's own research.

Oct 26, 2015 / NationAction

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change? What Will It Take To Force a Real Conversation About Climate Change?

Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, and Wen Stephenson discuss the truly transformative change that our climate crisis requires.

Oct 26, 2015 / Wen Stephenson, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis

Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom

Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom

New York’s Dominican Consul General revoked Díaz’s Order of Merit last week, calling him “anti-Dominican.”

Oct 26, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights

Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights

The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.

Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages

Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages

Across the country, adjunct professors are being exploited for profit, and many of them have had enough of it.

Oct 26, 2015 / Brave New Films

Walmart’s Wage Increase Is Hurting Its Stock Price—and That’s OK

Walmart’s Wage Increase Is Hurting Its Stock Price—and That’s OK Walmart’s Wage Increase Is Hurting Its Stock Price—and That’s OK

The stock market doesn’t take long-term economic growth into account very well, so why do we look to it to see if higher wages are succeeding?

Oct 23, 2015 / Bryce Covert

Immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala board a bus following their release from a family detention center in San Antonio, Texas.

The Department of Homeland Security’s ‘Baby Jails’ The Department of Homeland Security’s ‘Baby Jails’

In the wake of last summer’s migrant crisis, DHS is still keeping families in detention centers. What could go wrong?

Oct 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Tell Congress to Make Corporations Pay Their Taxes

Tell Congress to Make Corporations Pay Their Taxes Tell Congress to Make Corporations Pay Their Taxes

Join The Nation, the Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund, Courage Campaign and 14 other organizations in calling on Congress to close corporate tax loopholes.

Oct 22, 2015 / NationAction

The 5 Books You Need to Read to Understand Gentrification

The 5 Books You Need to Read to Understand Gentrification The 5 Books You Need to Read to Understand Gentrification

Here’s how it works.

Oct 22, 2015 / DW Gibson

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