Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice
A new project by NETWORK, the Catholic social justice lobby, invites a reconsideration of a duty to the poor.
Apr 19, 2014 / John Nichols
Vermont Votes for Public Banking Vermont Votes for Public Banking
“[It] doesn’t make any sense for us to be sending Vermont’s hard-earned tax dollars to some bank on Wall Street which couldn’t care less about Vermont or Ve...
Mar 9, 2014 / John Nichols
A Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later A Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later
Zapatista strongholds endure in the state of Chiapas, managing their own schools, banks, hospitals, arts collectives and system of government.
Jan 23, 2014 / Laura Gottesdiener
The Zapatistas at Twenty The Zapatistas at Twenty
There are two tests of social change movements: endurance and regeneration. After two decades, Mexico's Zapatista movement can now say it passed both.
Jan 15, 2014 / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus
How to Democratize the US Economy How to Democratize the US Economy
A long-term plan to renovate the American dream begins at the local level and scales up.
Oct 9, 2013 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz
The Young, Low-Wage, Temporary Disaster Relief Army The Young, Low-Wage, Temporary Disaster Relief Army
Is AmeriCorps a lifeline for debt-burdened young Americans—or one more example of relentless government cost-cutting?
Sep 25, 2013 / Feature / Max Rivlin-Nadler
Elizabeth Warren Tackles Wall Street Elizabeth Warren Tackles Wall Street
The reform-minded senator talks tough, and she knows where the bodies are buried.
Jul 2, 2013 / Feature / William Greider
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Abundance and the Basic Income Guarantee This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Abundance and the Basic Income Guarantee
The economist and futurist Robert Theobald argued in 1963 that technological changes could prove detrimental to American society if not adequately harnessed.
May 11, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka
Someone somewhere must die for the pleasure someone somewhere else takes in a $4.95 bikini top.
May 8, 2013 / JoAnn Wypijewski
How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank
Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.
Apr 30, 2013 / Feature / Gary Rivlin