Economy

A sign supporting Medicare at the US Capitol

We Need to Fight to Protect Medicare We Need to Fight to Protect Medicare

Some powerful people want to gut the fifty-year-old program.

Aug 10, 2015 / NationAction

Bernie Sanders

National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders

This is the first major endorsement for Senator Sanders, as unions divide their support between the candidates.

Aug 10, 2015 / John Nichols

Fight for 15 Congress

Is the Senate Finally Getting Behind Fair Pay for Government Contractors? Is the Senate Finally Getting Behind Fair Pay for Government Contractors?

Federal contract workers are pushing Congress for living wages and a union on Capitol Hill—but the fight is not over yet.

Aug 7, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Students Protest BLM

15 Youth Movements to Dismantle White Supremacy Rising This Summer 15 Youth Movements to Dismantle White Supremacy Rising This Summer

Amid a nationwide struggle against racism, a generation grows.

Aug 7, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate

‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate ‘Kill People and Break Things’: The Very Best of the First GOP Presidential Debate

Here’s the best the GOP had to offer on national security, reproductive rights, economics, race and immigration.

Aug 7, 2015 / Miranda Katz, Jailyn Gladney, Asha Thanki, and Stephen Quillen

August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President

August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President

“He uses words that are ludicrously meaningless.”

Aug 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Amnesty International’s Long-Due Support for Sex Workers Rights

Amnesty International’s Long-Due Support for Sex Workers Rights Amnesty International’s Long-Due Support for Sex Workers Rights

The international organization has a history of facing controversial issues. This week, it hopes to tackle sex work decriminalization.

Aug 6, 2015 / Melissa Gira Grant

The Republican Debate, Live-Doodled

The Republican Debate, Live-Doodled The Republican Debate, Live-Doodled

Treating the GOP candidates with the seriousness they deserve.

Aug 6, 2015 / Steve Brodner

Minimum Wage Protester

4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates 4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates

This first debate of the 2016 election is an opportunity for the leading Republicans to go on the record about the issues that matter most to working families. But they probably wo...

Aug 5, 2015 / Marisol Bello

Abandoned coal mine in Kentucky

Could Obama’s Clean Energy Plan Be Good For Coal Country? Could Obama’s Clean Energy Plan Be Good For Coal Country?

Coalitions between labor and environmentalists are pointing the way to a future beyond coal for Appalachia.

Aug 5, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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