AFL-CIO Convention Closes With Obamacare Critique and Call for ‘Bipartisan Political Action’ AFL-CIO Convention Closes With Obamacare Critique and Call for ‘Bipartisan Political Action’
Union presidents challenged the Obama administration to fix Affordable Care Act issues which they warned could devastate their health plans.
Sep 12, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Fashion Models Are Workers, Too Fashion Models Are Workers, Too
Defying stereotypes, the Model Alliance gets serious about organizing—and writes its own law to protect the most vulnerable models: children and young teens.
Sep 11, 2013 / Feature / Elizabeth Cline
The Patriarchy Lives On The Patriarchy Lives On
Hanna Rosin preemptively declares the death of a system that still shapes our workplaces and our lives.
Sep 11, 2013 / Bryce Covert
Schools Need More Than the Common Core Schools Need More Than the Common Core
The latest “school reform” silver bullet fails to address how children learn.
Sep 11, 2013 / Pedro Noguera
The Danger of White Student Unions The Danger of White Student Unions
The complexities of racial tensions on campus are too many and the stakes too high to allow white student unions at universities.
Sep 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli and StudentNation
Poverty in 2013: When Even Diapers Are a Luxury Poverty in 2013: When Even Diapers Are a Luxury
Being a poor mother in the United States today means reusing diapers and struggling to afford food. But House Republicans think they have it too easy.
Sep 11, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt
US Labor Secretary: ‘The American Workplace Has Evolved’ US Labor Secretary: ‘The American Workplace Has Evolved’
The Nation asks Secretary Perez about forthcoming regulations, changing work and Obama administration appearances with Walmart.
Sep 11, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance
The NYPD’s extensive monitoring of Arab and South Asian sports events has put a big question mark over the reasoning behind the department’s own sponsored leagues.
Sep 10, 2013 / Dave Zirin
AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans AFL-CIO Pledges Prison Reform, Partnerships and Accountable Organizing Plans
At its quadrennial convention, the nation’s top labor federation pledged to combat mass incarceration.
Sep 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise? Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise?
Up an unpaved Idaho road, self-styled “patriots” gather to plan and train in close-quarters battle.
Sep 9, 2013 / Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart