The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible
In the UK—and in the US—public goods like affordable housing have been neglected to dangerous degrees.
Jun 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen
African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century
An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.
Jun 26, 2017 / Feature / Leah Douglas
The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island
Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.
Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham
Why Are America’s Suburbs Becoming Poorer? Why Are America’s Suburbs Becoming Poorer?
Contrary to popular perception, it’s not just because poor people are moving out of the cities.
Jun 22, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History
George Zornick on the health-care debacle, Sarah Leonard on socialism’s appeal, and Jedediah Purdy on Thoreau.
Jun 22, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
California Is Massively Expanding One of the Most Effective Tools to Make Work Pay Better California Is Massively Expanding One of the Most Effective Tools to Make Work Pay Better
The number of families helped by the Golden State’s Earned Income Tax Credit is about to triple.
Jun 21, 2017 / Joe Sanberg
Agents of Inequality: How Wealth Managers to the Super-Rich Undermine Society and What We Can Do About It Agents of Inequality: How Wealth Managers to the Super-Rich Undermine Society and What We Can Do About It
An expert on their secretive world explains how these shadowy practitioners of financial trickery help facilitate widespread tax evasion—and undermine democratic government.
Jun 21, 2017 / Chuck Collins
Our Schools Are Actually Resegregating Our Schools Are Actually Resegregating
Here’s one way to stop the trend.
Jun 20, 2017 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
LIVE: Naomi Klein on Winning the World We Need LIVE: Naomi Klein on Winning the World We Need
The acclaimed journalist and author joins Brit Marling to explain why just resisting Trump is not enough.
Jun 19, 2017 / Video / The Nation and Haymarket Books
Another Terror Attack in London, as Grief and Anger Build in the Wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire Another Terror Attack in London, as Grief and Anger Build in the Wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire
The conflagration was a lethal consequence of years of putting profit before people’s lives.
Jun 19, 2017 / Maria Margaronis