Prosecutors and Judges Have Brought Back Debtors’ Prisons Prosecutors and Judges Have Brought Back Debtors’ Prisons
A new report details how easily you can be put in jail simply for owing a company money.
Feb 22, 2018 / David Dayen
New York’s Separate and Unequal Schools New York’s Separate and Unequal Schools
The nation’s most diverse public school district is also its most divided.
Feb 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen
How Trump Plans to Evict Poor Families From Public Housing How Trump Plans to Evict Poor Families From Public Housing
The president’s budget proposal is a shocking assault on millions of people who rely on rental assistance.
Feb 16, 2018 / George Zornick
I’m a Founding Investor in Blue Apron, and Let Me Tell You: Trump’s ‘Harvest Box’ Is No Blue Apron I’m a Founding Investor in Blue Apron, and Let Me Tell You: Trump’s ‘Harvest Box’ Is No Blue Apron
The boxes are the epitome of hypocrisy for a party that spent eight years howling with rage about a first lady who just wanted school lunches to include more vegetables.
Feb 16, 2018 / Joe Sanberg
By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies By the Numbers: The Rise of Monopolies
Industry consolidation has squashed competition and created huge profits for a tiny elite.
Feb 15, 2018 / Editorial / Emmalina Glinskis
Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Trump’s Labor Board Is Making it Even More Difficult to Unionize Fast-Food Workers
Upending Obama-era precedent, the NLRB is threatening the ability of workers at franchise restaurants to organize.
Feb 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again
Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.
Feb 8, 2018 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago How a Working-Class Movement Held Wall Street Accountable—Over 100 Years Ago
The Populists was a multi-racial movement of workers and farmers—and they made the powerful quake.
Feb 5, 2018 / Video / The Nation
White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism
Altruism is too often carried along by the currents of racist capitalism.
Feb 5, 2018 / Jesse A. Myerson
Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City
Local organizers are using old-fashioned solidarity to combat the corporate prom that is Super Bowl week in the Twin Cities.
Feb 1, 2018 / Dave Zirin