Inequality

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How Much Could a Banana Republic Cost? How Much Could a Banana Republic Cost?

In a first attempt to determine who really runs the world, a look at the royal families of old.

Dec 2, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

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The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call

It’s outrageous that a billion-dollar industry exists based on skimming profits from some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Nov 30, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados

At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark

The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

Nov 29, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Tina Gerhardt for The Nation

Paperwork Keeps People Poor

Paperwork Keeps People Poor Paperwork Keeps People Poor

It would be a huge mistake for Democrats to embrace harsh work requirements once again.

Nov 29, 2021 / Editorial / Bryce Covert

Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong

Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong

Deciding this is the new normal is a choice—about whose lives really matter, and how many deaths we can tolerate.

Nov 25, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves

America’s Decline Started at Home

America’s Decline Started at Home America’s Decline Started at Home

When will shifting geopolitics and climate change fully cripple Washington’s current world order?

Nov 22, 2021 / Alfred McCoy

Francia Marquez

Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death” Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death”

The first Black woman to run for president in Colombia has ignited a movement.

Nov 22, 2021 / Juan Mejia and Olivia Heffernan

Why We Made “Going for Broke”

Why We Made “Going for Broke” Why We Made “Going for Broke”

In this video roundtable, Laura Flanders joins Ray Suarez and Ann Larson to talk about our newest podcast.

Nov 19, 2021 / Going for Broke with Ray Suarez / The Nation, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and Laura Flanders

Joe Biden speaks at a podium that reads

Biden’s Progressive Vision Just Isn’t Enough Biden’s Progressive Vision Just Isn’t Enough

Progressivism once looked to the future; today, it’s stuck in the past.

Nov 19, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

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Only Democracy Can Save One of America’s Greatest Unions Only Democracy Can Save One of America’s Greatest Unions

We need strong unions more than ever, which means giving UAW members a real say in how their union is run.

Nov 18, 2021 / Liz Skeen

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