Eco-Apartheid Is Real Eco-Apartheid Is Real
The climate crisis is converging with a housing crisis. We need to tackle both with a Green New Deal for Housing.
Jul 26, 2019 / Daniel Aldana Cohen
What the UN Report Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Crisis in Venezuela What the UN Report Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Crisis in Venezuela
The document paints a devastating portrait of the country’s economic situation—but overlooks the US role in the suffering.
Jul 24, 2019 / Gabriel Hetland
The Fight for $15 Has Created a Road Map for Change The Fight for $15 Has Created a Road Map for Change
The Raise the Wage Act is a winning issue for progressive candidates.
Jul 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade How Dockworkers Are Fighting the Arms Trade
Across Europe, a series of coordinated actions at shipping ports have challenged Saudi violence against the Yemeni people.
Jul 16, 2019 / Katy Fox-Hodess
Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse
To replace a disgraced secretary of labor, Trump has elevated a sweatshop lobbyist.
Jul 15, 2019 / Jeet Heer
6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?
Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.
Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal
A blue-green coalition between organized labor and climate activists is no longer a pipe dream.
Jul 12, 2019 / Bob Massie
There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High
As industries get more concentrated, businesses have to do less to earn more.
Jul 12, 2019 / Mike Konczal
What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger
Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.
Jul 5, 2019 / Rémi Carayol
VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It
Jane McAlevey, The Nation’s strikes correspondent, explains how strikes will be vital in confronting runaway income inequality and the climate crisis.
Jul 3, 2019 / The Nation