Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional? Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional?
Bond holders are at odds with municipal workers over who will bear the brunt of the city’s bankruptcy.
Aug 21, 2013 / Blog / Chris Hayes
An Interview With Bill de Blasio An Interview With Bill de Blasio
The New York City mayoral candidate talks labor issues, climate change, the NYPD and the legacy of A-Rod.
Aug 20, 2013 / Bhaskar Sunkara
How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying How to Become a Part-Time Worker Without Really Trying
How corporate America used the Great Recession to turn good jobs into bad ones.
Aug 20, 2013 / Barbara Garson
The AFL-CIO Is Exploring New Investments in Alt-Labor and Texas Organizing The AFL-CIO Is Exploring New Investments in Alt-Labor and Texas Organizing
The federation’s general counsel tells The Nation “limited, thoughtful experiments” with alternative organizing models could be ahead.
Aug 16, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
A Perfect Storm of Cuts Batters North Carolina’s Unemployed A Perfect Storm of Cuts Batters North Carolina’s Unemployed
The state’s unprecedented cuts to benefits for the jobless are leaving families stranded without money for food, transportation and housing.
Aug 16, 2013 / Spencer Woodman
Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight Domestic Worker Labor Leader: Federal Victory Is in Sight
A proposed regulatory change would extend some basic federal protections to long-excluded domestic workers.
Aug 15, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry
How low-wage food service workers are serving up justice.
Aug 14, 2013 / Feature / Laura Flanders
Fichte’s Way Fichte’s Way
Johann Gottlieb Fichte undertook a pure search for truth. He also distrusted international markets. Does that make him an ancestor to anti-globalization activists?
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Rosen
Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard Next Fed Head Should Meet the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren Standard
America needs a Fed chair who has "the right temperament and a willingness to take on Wall Street CEOs."
Aug 13, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Occupy Bank Cards! Occupy Bank Cards!
A band of finance wizards take on the system they now say is corrupt.
Aug 12, 2013 / Alissa Quart