Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice
In Brooklyn, a new study shows that women face an underground labor market fraught with hidden risks.
Aug 5, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too
I’ve inadvertently ended many a conversation by bringing up the issue of race.
Aug 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood
An Hour Without Trump An Hour Without Trump
Susan Faludi on her trans father, Edward Snowden’s lawyer on the NSA, and Tom Lutz on politics and travel.
Aug 4, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
5 Countries That Know How to Handle Student Debt 5 Countries That Know How to Handle Student Debt
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Aug 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
White Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race White Noise in the ‘Conversation’ About Race
Polling suggests the problem isn’t that we’re not talking about race; it’s that the majority of white Americans aren’t listening.
Aug 4, 2016 / Donovan X. Ramsey
It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Bill Bratton as NYPD Commissioner It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Bill Bratton as NYPD Commissioner
He has defined modern policing, and his influence isn’t going anywhere.
Aug 3, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016 Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016
She was one of the first congressional candidates this year to earn an endorsement from Bernie Sanders.
Aug 3, 2016 / John Nichols
Cold War, Détente, Neo-McCarthyism, and Donald Trump Cold War, Détente, Neo-McCarthyism, and Donald Trump
The missing pro-détente argument may now be provoked by Donald Trump but is being suppressed by McCarthy-like attacks on the improbable messenger.
Aug 3, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Nurses and Doctors Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Healthcare by Unionizing Nurses and Doctors Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Healthcare by Unionizing
Overwork, once a proud hallmark of the medical profession, now symptomizes systemic rot.
Aug 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise
The Economic Policy Institute has released a plan to close the gender wage gap.
Aug 2, 2016 / NationAction