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
Josh Eidelson: Will Justice Be Served for McDonald’s Guest Workers? Josh Eidelson: Will Justice Be Served for McDonald’s Guest Workers?
The US’s guest worker program is riddled with holes—and abuse. Just ask McDonald’s workers on “cultural exchange.”
Mar 18, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
A Failed Whale, and How to Fix It A Failed Whale, and How to Fix It
JPMorgan Chase gamed the system to hide risky trades. Will Congress let them go free?
Mar 18, 2013 / Alexis Goldstein
Why Cyprus Matters: The Eurozone Strikes Again Why Cyprus Matters: The Eurozone Strikes Again
The plan to tax savers’ deposits in Cyprus's ailing banks will deepen political fault lines in the Eurozone—and hurt local people first.
Mar 18, 2013 / Blog / Maria Margaronis
American Employment Winter: Beware Reports of Spring American Employment Winter: Beware Reports of Spring
The numbers on job creation and unemployment are not as positive as they first appear—just watch American Winter.
Mar 18, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Nominee for Labor Department Head Has Championed Domestic Workers’ Rights Obama’s Nominee for Labor Department Head Has Championed Domestic Workers’ Rights
Thomas Perez once pushed for a domestic workers’ bill of rights. Could he help the movement at the federal level?
Mar 18, 2013 / Blog / Bryce Covert