Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13 Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13
A new study says the change could save lives and improve health statewide—good news for the 40 percent of poor households led by single women.
May 23, 2014 / Dani McClain
Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience
Reform legislation has stalled, and the private-prison industry is making obscene profits from a captive population.
May 23, 2014 / Max Blumenthal
What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor
A new bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee focuses on tackling rural, not urban, hunger thereby focusing efforts on poor whites rather than people of color.
May 22, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Western Media Coverage of the Ukraine Crisis Is as Distorted as Soviet Propaganda Western Media Coverage of the Ukraine Crisis Is as Distorted as Soviet Propaganda
Why is the Western press so invested in expounding the highly unconvincing narrative of the official line?
May 22, 2014 / Vladimir Golstein
LIVE: The New Populism Is Here, and It’s Ready to Change America LIVE: The New Populism Is Here, and It’s Ready to Change America
Tune in all day Thursday to watch Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sherrod Brown and others at the New Populism Conference.
May 22, 2014 / The Nation
How Muslim Americans Combat Online Hate Speech How Muslim Americans Combat Online Hate Speech
A new report documents incidents of bigotry and suggests fighting bad speech with counter speech.
May 21, 2014 / Anna Lekas Miller
Ohio Will Stop Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Kids Ohio Will Stop Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Kids
A federal settlement to eliminate the use of seclusion on juvenile offenders is the first of its kind.
May 21, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now
The commissioners are considering rules that would allow telecom giants to control it with “pay to play” schemes.
May 21, 2014 / The Editors
Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup
The Cup has become a tool for neoliberal plunder—but Brazilians are fighting back.
May 21, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Global Warming’s ‘Useful Idiots’ Global Warming’s ‘Useful Idiots’
Why do ideologues who would leave the country vulnerable to catastrophe enjoy prestigious posts in journalism?
May 21, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman