The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz
What does it mean for parents and their children to be “consumers” of education?
Nov 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Megan Erickson
Support Farmworkers in Their Fight Against Sexual Violence Support Farmworkers in Their Fight Against Sexual Violence
You can also fight the Republicans’ tax plan and combat the Trump administration’s attempts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
Oct 31, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White
The chapter reveals the promise and pitfalls of racial-justice solidarity.
Oct 31, 2017 / Michael Schulson
What Killed the Democratic Party? What Killed the Democratic Party?
A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.
Oct 30, 2017 / Feature / William Greider
The Great American Tax Heist The Great American Tax Heist
Corporate tax “repatriation” is just a cash grab at the expense of the middle class.
Oct 27, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Mental Illness Is a Global Crisis Mental Illness Is a Global Crisis
Over 80 percent of people suffering from mental-health disorders live in the Global South.
Oct 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen
41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them? 41 Million Americans Are Food Insecure. Why Are the Media Ignoring Them?
Trump overwhelms the news, helping the robber-baron class more quietly pillage the country.
Oct 25, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
What the US Can Learn From the Fall of the Roman Republic What the US Can Learn From the Fall of the Roman Republic
Ned Resnikoff interviews author Mike Duncan about how the United States can avoid Rome’s fate.
Oct 24, 2017 / Interview / Ned Resnikoff
It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them It Doesn’t Matter if Cities Are Climate Change–Proof if No One Can Afford to Live in Them
In the wake of this year’s devastating hurricanes, cities need to focus on equity in all of their future climate-adaptation plans.
Oct 24, 2017 / Cities Rising / Michelle Chen
Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’? Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’?
A true living wage would take into account the needs not just of workers but of society as a whole.
Oct 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen