Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America? Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America?
Many European countries have systems to help unhoused people that put our society to shame. When will we change?
Jul 28, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Free School Lunches Kept Millions of Kids Fed During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now? Free School Lunches Kept Millions of Kids Fed During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now?
In North Carolina, the ending of the Covid-era federal meals program devastated low-income communities–and legislators have been slow to face the crisis.
Jul 26, 2023 / StudentNation / Peggy Chen
SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios
How do you bring a woefully divided union together? You go on strike.
Jul 26, 2023 / Editorial / Piper French
While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse
In a world hurtling towards catastrophe, the super-rich prefer bunkers to solutions.
Jul 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive Jesse Jackson Is Keeping Hope Alive
Veterans of his remarkable insurgent 1988 campaign gather to pay tribute.
Jul 13, 2023 / Robert L. Borosage
Child Labor in America Is Back—and It’s As Chilling as Ever Child Labor in America Is Back—and It’s As Chilling as Ever
It should be a reminder of how deeply retrogressive capitalism has once again become both here at home and elsewhere across the planet.
Jul 13, 2023 / Steve Fraser
Immediate Help for Developing Countries Is Available Immediate Help for Developing Countries Is Available
But the US Treasury Department is blocking it.
Jul 12, 2023 / Mark Weisbrot
Finally, the Biden Administration Will Offer Some Relief for Childcare Costs Finally, the Biden Administration Will Offer Some Relief for Childcare Costs
The rule announced today is a far more limited action than what Biden had been seeking at the start of his administration, but it will make a significant difference for the people ...
Jul 11, 2023 / Bryce Covert
How WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Fueled a New Crisis at a Missouri Elementary School How WWII-Era Radioactive Waste Fueled a New Crisis at a Missouri Elementary School
Conflicting reports of contamination have worried residents of Florissant, a community that continues to suffer from the legacy of the Manhattan Project.
Jul 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Walter Thomas-Patterson
The Private Equity Takeover of Hospice Care The Private Equity Takeover of Hospice Care
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care.
Jul 7, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel