Economy

Economic Reform Is a Human Right

Economic Reform Is a Human Right Economic Reform Is a Human Right

International law can be a powerful advocacy tool for improving economic and social policy. 

Mar 13, 2014 / Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz

Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed

Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed

Nation author Moshe Z. Marvit has been awarded this month’s Sidney Award for casting “a light on a previously obscure, but profoundly exploited class of workers.”...

Mar 12, 2014 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics

Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics

What Paul Ryan really means when he lambasts “inner city” culture.

Mar 12, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh

Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals

Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals

Included among the hundreds of chemicals used in electronics manufacturing in China are known carcinogens and reproductive toxins.

Mar 12, 2014 / Take Action / NationAction

Paul Ryan’s Culture Canard

Paul Ryan’s Culture Canard Paul Ryan’s Culture Canard

“Inner-city men,” says Ryan, need to learn the “value and the culture of work.”

Mar 12, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel

The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight

The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight

By pouring money into politics, pesticide companies have beat back attempts to protect the public.

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Lee Fang

Tech-Sector Neoliberalism Isn’t the Answer to America’s Inequality Problem

Tech-Sector Neoliberalism Isn’t the Answer to America’s Inequality Problem Tech-Sector Neoliberalism Isn’t the Answer to America’s Inequality Problem

Policies favored by tech-industry titans tend to leave the economic privileges of the powerful unchecked, while penciling in a little welfare capitalism for the poor.

Mar 11, 2014 / Blog / Kathleen Geier

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

Students at the University of North Carolina want to ensure workers who make UNC apparel operate under safe conditions.

Mar 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Alexandra Willcox and StudentNation

How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform

How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform

Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.

Mar 10, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus

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