Congress Has a Constitutional Duty to Preserve and Promote the Post Office Congress Has a Constitutional Duty to Preserve and Promote the Post Office
USPS is being hit with a classic austerity model: politicians, influenced by corporations that fund campaigns and overrun Capitol Hill with lobbyists, undermine quality public...
Mar 22, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Strike Debt Abolishes $1.1 Million of Medical Debt Strike Debt Abolishes $1.1 Million of Medical Debt
Sixty-two percent of all bankruptcies are due to medical debt—and Occupy activists aren’t letting the medical-industrial complex get away with it.
Mar 22, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Americans Want a ‘Back-to-Work’ Alternative to Ryan’s Austerity Scheme Americans Want a ‘Back-to-Work’ Alternative to Ryan’s Austerity Scheme
Democrats have an economic duty—and a political opportunity—to counter the House Budget with a robust growth agenda, which Americans favor across the spectrum.
Mar 21, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Meet the New Left: Small-Business Owners Meet the New Left: Small-Business Owners
Surveys demonstrate remarkably progressive attitudes on everything from taxation to regulation to the environment.
Mar 20, 2013 / Feature / William Greider
How to Fight Corporate Welfare How to Fight Corporate Welfare
We need a Chamber of Progress, made up of all the green and progressive businesses, to fight the predator state that subsidizes large corporations.
Mar 20, 2013 / Feature / Jamie Raskin
Labor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart’s Top US Warehouse Labor Board Alleges Repeated Retaliation at Walmart’s Top US Warehouse
Workers won their jobs back with a three-week strike, but then got fired all over again.
Mar 20, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders
In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier
Greg Kaufmann: What’s Next for the Anti-Poverty Contract? Greg Kaufmann: What’s Next for the Anti-Poverty Contract?
Tens of millions of Americans can rise out of extreme poverty—if policy-makers respond to a growing national movement.
Mar 20, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home Women in Healthcare Suffer Abuse Inside and Outside the Home
The difficult conditions that affect domestic workers also plague nurses in hospitals.
Mar 20, 2013 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look
While the mainstream media obsesses over Paul Ryan's extremist budget proposal, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has quietly devised an effective plan to create jobs and cut th...
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel