Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights
This faux populist is all about enriching corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and consumers—but labor is fighting back, and union popularity is at near-record hi...
Sep 24, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says There Is No Housing Crisis: ‘It’s Just Housing Under Capitalism’ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says There Is No Housing Crisis: ‘It’s Just Housing Under Capitalism’
The author and academic tells The Nation, “We don’t have to live like this.”
Sep 24, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump
As Democratic voters look closer, it’s hard to see Biden as an agent of change.
Sep 24, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letters From the October 7, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 7, 2019, Issue
Sold out, again… Blame the media?…
Sep 24, 2019 / Our Readers
‘The Graveyard of Migrants’: Traveling Through the Most Dangerous Jungle in the World ‘The Graveyard of Migrants’: Traveling Through the Most Dangerous Jungle in the World
After surviving the Darien Gap, refugees describe their detainment in Mexico as the “real hell.”
Sep 24, 2019 / Arvind Dilawar
The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America
The agrarian, feminist, and labor movements of the 19th century elevated equality to a cardinal principle, but all three fell short when it came to transcending the divide of...
Sep 24, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa 2020’s Most In-Depth, People-Powered Forum Just Happened in Iowa
Here's how Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, and Castro did when they were challenged to answer tough questions about Medicare for All, racial profiling, and housing justice.
Sep 23, 2019 / John Nichols
The Student Debt Problem Is a Family Crisis The Student Debt Problem Is a Family Crisis
More and more parents are ending up trapped between what they feel is a moral obligation toward higher education and their financial reality.
Sep 20, 2019 / Mike Konczal
Democrats, Don’t Be Afraid to Go Big in 2020 Democrats, Don’t Be Afraid to Go Big in 2020
To win in the long run, the party must compete everywhere.
Sep 17, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support
Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.
Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey