Economy

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare

Opposition to affordable healthcare has always been backed by untold sums of corporate money and marked by a notably consistent streak of red-baiting rhetoric and doom-saying predi...

Oct 5, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

AmeriCorps VISTA Members: At Work With No Pay During the Shutdown

AmeriCorps VISTA Members: At Work With No Pay During the Shutdown AmeriCorps VISTA Members: At Work With No Pay During the Shutdown

And they earn so little that missing a paycheck means a lot.

Oct 3, 2013 / Max Rivlin-Nadler

Miami: Where Luxury Real Estate Meets Dirty Money

Miami: Where Luxury Real Estate Meets Dirty Money Miami: Where Luxury Real Estate Meets Dirty Money

The buyers come from all over the globe, bearing cash and complicated pasts.

Oct 2, 2013 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

City of Rogues City of Rogues

Here are a few recent buyers of high-end Miami properties.

Oct 2, 2013 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

How Jose Pedro de Morais Jr. Came to Miami

How Jose Pedro de Morais Jr. Came to Miami How Jose Pedro de Morais Jr. Came to Miami

The former finance minister of a notoriously corrupt regime in Angola is living in high style.

Oct 2, 2013 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

The Disappearing Voice of the Working Class

The Disappearing Voice of the Working Class The Disappearing Voice of the Working Class

WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: Only by returning the tools of government to average Americans through adequate representation can we fix our broken politics.

Oct 2, 2013 / StudentNation / Ian O’Connor-Giles and StudentNation

Seven Questions for Robert Reich

Seven Questions for Robert Reich Seven Questions for Robert Reich

A conversation with the former labor secretary and merry-eyed agitator about the great ill that ails the country.

Oct 2, 2013 / Lizzy Ratner

The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare

The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare

Is our employer-based healthcare system hurting our economy and culture by keeping too many creatives and entrepreneurs tied to their jobs?

Oct 2, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown

Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown

Federal workers all across the country are protesting the government’s shutdown. 

Oct 1, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business

With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business

Meet the corporations who are profiting off our prison system.

Oct 1, 2013 / Liliana Segura

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