VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It
Jane McAlevey, The Nation’s strikes correspondent, explains how strikes will be vital in confronting runaway income inequality and the climate crisis.
Jul 3, 2019 / Video / The Nation
Sorry ‘Washington Post’—Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality Sorry ‘Washington Post’—Bernie Sanders Is Right About Economic Inequality
The senator should not be taking heat for using “numbers that add up” to make a point about economic injustice.
Jul 2, 2019 / John Nichols
Hondurans Are Still Fighting the US-Supported Dictatorship Hondurans Are Still Fighting the US-Supported Dictatorship
Ten years after the coup, they have become the largest single Central American nationality in the refugee caravans fleeing north.
Jul 1, 2019 / James North
Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action Bill de Blasio: Missing in Action
Was New York’s mayor too busy campaigning for president to do something about the city’s segregated elite public schools?
Jun 27, 2019 / StudentNation / Pedro Noguera
American Jock Culture in the Trump Era American Jock Culture in the Trump Era
From the NFL’s concealment of player injuries to Tiger Woods kowtowing to Trump, the innocence of US sports is dead.
Jun 26, 2019 / Robert Lipsyte
The Seasons After the Arab Spring The Seasons After the Arab Spring
Recent uprisings in Sudan and Algeria have avoided mistakes of 2011.
Jun 25, 2019 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Gilbert Achcar
The Gentrification of Queerness The Gentrification of Queerness
Christopher Street was once a haven for queer people of color. Its transformation into an outpost of white, upper-middle class respectability tells a larger story of exclusion.
Jun 25, 2019 / Feature / Darnell L. Moore
The Right’s Cure for Poverty: Hard Work and Father Figures The Right’s Cure for Poverty: Hard Work and Father Figures
At a hearing, Republicans told a familiar story while the Poor People’s Campaign presented a bold budget proposal.
Jun 20, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic Suicide Is Becoming America’s Latest Epidemic
Suicide rates in the US have skyrocketed as both income inequality and the percent of uninsured adults continue to grow.
Jun 18, 2019 / Rajan Menon
Finally, Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Poverty Finally, Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Poverty
An historic forum revealed consensus on the need for policies like raising the minimum wage and affordable childcare—and some big differences.
Jun 18, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann