Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed Inside the Most Unregulated Labor Marketplace That Has Ever Existed
Nation author Moshe Z. Marvit has been awarded this month’s Sidney Award for casting “a light on a previously obscure, but profoundly exploited class of workers.”...
Mar 12, 2014 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals Tell Apple to Protect Its Workers From Dangerous Chemicals
Included among the hundreds of chemicals used in electronics manufacturing in China are known carcinogens and reproductive toxins.
Mar 12, 2014 / Take Action / NationAction
Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain
The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?
Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel
The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight
By pouring money into politics, pesticide companies have beat back attempts to protect the public.
UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights
Students at the University of North Carolina want to ensure workers who make UNC apparel operate under safe conditions.
Mar 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Alexandra Willcox and StudentNation
How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform
Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.
Mar 10, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why Americans Should Take August Off Why Americans Should Take August Off
Cadillac thinks we get more glory—and stuff—by working so hard. Research says the opposite.
Mar 7, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy Obama Administration Gets It Precisely Wrong on Trade Policy
The White House’s “2014 Trade Policy Agenda” rehashes failed ideas that harm rather than help economic renewal.
Mar 5, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Can Germany Reform American Labor Relations? Can Germany Reform American Labor Relations?
German corporations are far more respectful of worker rights—and may have more influence on future US developments than our politicians realize.
Mar 5, 2014 / Feature / William Greider
Men of the World, Lean Out! Men of the World, Lean Out!
We can’t change the workplace by asking women to lean out. We have to start with men.
Feb 27, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert