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Undocumented Bakers Are Planning ‘A Day Without Bread’ This Friday

Undocumented Bakers Are Planning ‘A Day Without Bread’ This Friday Undocumented Bakers Are Planning ‘A Day Without Bread’ This Friday

The workers at New York City’s Tom Cat Bakery are asking consumers to show their support at the dining table.

Apr 20, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly

An O’Reilly Defender An O’Reilly Defender

“I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.” —Donald Trump The president’s defending Bill, However grim the charges are. No flip-flop there: Trump’s plainly said That groping’s fine if…

Apr 20, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the May 8/15, 2017, Issue Letters From the May 8/15, 2017, Issue

Solidarity with striking Harvard workers… Health care for all!… What is feminism?… Resisting the right wing… America’s perpetual wars…

Apr 20, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers

Carrier workers

Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own

Trump’s tax break was not enough. Truly addressing the plight of the American working class means confronting the problems of global capitalism.

Apr 20, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

donald trump buy american

Donald Trump’s ‘Buy American’ Initiative Is a Lie Donald Trump’s ‘Buy American’ Initiative Is a Lie

His executive order is full of loopholes designed to protect Wall Street and multinational corporations—at the expense of American workers.

Apr 19, 2017 / John Nichols

Protest outside Chase

As the Rest of Us Pay Our Taxes, Demand That Wall Street Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share As the Rest of Us Pay Our Taxes, Demand That Wall Street Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share

The Trump administration wants to give the 1 percent even more of a break. 

Apr 18, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

At Resistance School, Trump-Era Activists Learn To Get Down to the Roots of Things

At Resistance School, Trump-Era Activists Learn To Get Down to the Roots of Things At Resistance School, Trump-Era Activists Learn To Get Down to the Roots of Things

Only by learning how to communicate our values can we plausibly enact them in the world.

Apr 18, 2017 / Sophia Sadinsky

What America’s 19th-Century Reformers and Radicals Missed

What America’s 19th-Century Reformers and Radicals Missed What America’s 19th-Century Reformers and Radicals Missed

A new book on the antebellum period captures the dangers of confusing self-improvement with institutional change.

Apr 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

Veterans for Trump

Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country

How Trump won, and why Clinton lost.

Apr 14, 2017 / Audio / Jon Wiener

tech worker pi day

Silicon Valley Sweatshops Silicon Valley Sweatshops

How a visa program is keeping immigrant workers poorly paid and tied to their employers.

Apr 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen

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